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Micro Servers Based On Intel® Xeon® Processors

Micro server. Macro performance per watt.

Achieve New Levels of Efficiency and Density for Emerging Scale-out Workloads

The microserver represents a new server architecture characterized by many lightweight server nodes bundled together in a shared chassis infrastructure. They’re designed specifically for:

  • Density
  • Lower power per node
  • Reduced costs
  • Increased operational efficiency

Microservers are particularly well suited for lightweight scale-out of non-enterprise applications such as:

  • Simple Front End Web Tier
  • Low End Dedicated Hosting
  • Basic Content Delivery Node

Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v2 product family-based microservers offer improved performance per watt—up to 39% more energy efficiency versus the previous generation at the node level.1,2  Data center-class capabilities, such as x86 compatibility, 64-bit architecture, ECC memory, virtualization support, integrated security, and scalability, will help you maximize node density, improve I/O performance, and minimize frustrations—all reasons why a microserver based on the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v2 product family is a simple and affordable solution for your data center.

Server System Infrastructure (SSI) Forum is a leading server industry group that drives server form factor standards including the Micro Module Server Specification. The Micro Module Server Specification provides a server board form factor and system interfaces specifically designed for the microserver segment. This standard will enable innovative system architectures to reduce product costs and increase product and data center efficiencies.

MicroServers Provide Up To 3.6x Greater Performance Per Rack

A rack populated with microservers based on the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v2 product family delivers up to 3.6x greater performance compared to a rack populated with 1U servers based on the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 product family.3

Baseline, Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 Product Family

Baseline configuration: Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1220L 

 

  • Maximum number of nodes, 42U rack: 41 1U server + 1x 1U 48 port GbE Ethernet switch
  • Performance per node/rack: Best published SPECint*_rate_base2006 score of 69 as of April 26, 2012. http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2012q1/cpu2006-20111219-19191.html. 41 servers = 2829
  • Power per node: Max power consumption of one Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1220L on a Intel® C206 CRB using SPECpower_ssj2008, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, 8 GB memory (2x 4 GB DDR3-1333 UDIMM), 64G 3 Gb/s SATA SSD , Microsoft Windows* 2008 R2 SP1. Java SE Runtime Environment* (build 1.6.0_30-b12), Java HotSpot* 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.5-b03, mixed mode). Source: Intel internal testing as of Mar 2012. Score: (ssj_ops@100%: 147,345,  Power@100%: 50.1W, Active idle power: 25.4)
  • Power per rack: 2.3kW total. 1U switch = 240W, 41 1U server nodes = 2054W
MicroServer, Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v2 Product Family

Microserver configuration: Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1220L v2

 

  • Maximum number of nodes: SSI rack = 10 3U chassis with 119 nodes + 3x 1U 48 port GbE switches
  • Performance per node/rack: Intel® C206 Qual Platform with one Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1220L v2 (3M cache, 2.30 GHz, L1 stepping), Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology enabled, 16 GB memory (2x 8 GB DDR3-1600 ECC UDIMM), 160 GB SATA 7200RPM HDD, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.2 with kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64. Compiler version: 12.1.0.225 of Intel® C++ Studio XE and Intel® Fortran. Source: Intel internal testing as of Feb 2012. Score: SPECint_rate_base2006 of 85.7, 119 nodes = 10198.3
  • Power per node: Based on Intel estimates of 36W per node with one Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1220L v2 node, Intel SpeedStep® Technology enabled, Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled, 8 GB memory (2x 4 GB DDR3-1600 UDIMM), 1x SSD, assuming shared cooling resources and shared power supplies
  • Power per rack: 5.0kW total. 3x 1U switches at 240W per switch = 720W, 119 nodes at 36W estimated per node = 4284W

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1. Les logiciels et charges de travail employés dans les tests de performance peuvent avoir été optimisés pour les processeurs Intel®. Les tests de performance tels que SYSmark* et MobileMark* portent sur des configurations, composants, logiciels, opérations et fonctions spécifiques. Les résultats peuvent varier en fonction de ces facteurs. Pour l'évaluation d'un produit, il convient de consulter d'autres tests et d'autres sources d'informations, notamment pour connaître le comportement de ce produit avec d'autres composants.


2. Source : Comparaison de performance utilisant les résultats du banc d'essai SPECpower_ssj*2008 avec environnement d'exécution Java SE (build 1.6.0_30-b12), Java HotSpot 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.5-b03, mode mixte). Résultat de référence 3079 ssj*_ops/watt sur processeur Intel® Xeon ® E3-1260L de génération précédente (quatre cœurs, 2,4 GHz, 8 Mo de cache L3), technologie Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® activée, technologie Intel® Turbo Boost activée, technologie Intel® Hyper-Threading (Intel® HT) activée, 8 Go de mémoire (2 x 4 Go UDIMM DDR3-1333), unité de stockage SSD SATA 64 Go, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Nouveaux résultats de 4291 ssj*_ops/watt sur génération actuelle de processeur Intel® Xeon® E3-1265Lv2 (quatre cœurs, 2,5 GHz, 8 Mo de cache L3, pas E0), technologie Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® activée, technologie Intel® Turbo Boost activée, technologie Intel® Hyper-Threading (Intel® HT) activée, 8 Go de mémoire (2 x 4 Go UDIMM DDR3-1600), unité de stockage SSD SATA 64 Go 3 Gbit/s, Windows 2008 R2 SP1. Source : Essais Intel interne de mars 2012.


3. Issus d’une analyse réalisée en interne par Intel, les résultats sont estimatifs et ne sont fournis qu’à titre indicatif. Une différence dans la configuration matérielle ou logicielle est ainsi susceptible d’avoir une incidence sur les performances effectives.