Dell PowerEdge R820 - Manual (Page 16)

Dell Virtualization Solution for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 using PowerEdge R820
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Observed Consolidation Capability of R820 for the specific OLTP Table 3.
workload
Server configuration
Number of Medium VMs
that may be
consolidated
Number of Large VMs
that may be
consolidated
Sockets Populated
Processor cores
per socket
4 4 8 4
4 8 16 8
To summarize, SQL Server OLTP workloads can be consolidated onto Dell PowerEdge R820 without any
major compromise to the database performance with proper sizing. This enhances the overall cost
effectiveness and efficiency of the database environment.