Figure 10, Vs. 12, Generation cluster – idle power comparison – Dell PowerEdge 1655MC User Manual
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* Logical Processor and Node Interleaving Disabled. All other options at defaults.
Figure 11. 11
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* Logical Processor and Node Interleaving Disabled. DAPC System Profile. All other options at defaults.
Figure 11 compares the performance and energy efficiency of different applications on the two
clusters. For each test, the cluster is fully subscribed, i.e., all cores are in use. The height of the bar
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