Dell POWEREDGE M915 - Manual (Page 4)

Power Efficiency Comparison of the Dell PowerEdge M915 and HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Blade Solutions
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Contents
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................ 6
Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 6
Key Findings ....................................................................................................................... 6
Performance/Watt ............................................................................................................. 6
Performance .................................................................................................................... 6
Power ............................................................................................................................ 6
Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 8
Configurations ....................................................................................................................... 8
Results .............................................................................................................................. 10
Price as Tested .................................................................................................................... 15
Price to Power Efficiency Ratio ............................................................................................... 16
Performance per Dollar ......................................................................................................... 17
Industry Leading 4-Socket Server Power Efficiency ...................................................................... 18
Future Platform Updates ....................................................................................................... 18
Summary............................................................................................................................ 18
Appendix A—Test Methodology ................................................................................................ 19
SPECpower_ssj2008 Standard .................................................................................................. 19
BIOS Settings ..................................................................................................................... 19
OS Tuning ......................................................................................................................... 20
SPECpower_ssj2008 Configuration ............................................................................................ 20
Appendix B—Blade Server Hardware Configuration ...................................................................... 22
Appendix C—Server Firmware and Drivers ................................................................................. 23
Appendix D—Results ............................................................................................................. 24