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HP PROLIANT BL465C G7 User Manual

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Figure 13. % Processor Time values – showing that 380 Heavy Users were supported when processor utilization reached 80%

The optimal number of Heavy Users supported by the bare-metal HP ProLiant BL465c G7 server blade
was 380.

Canary times
Figure 14 shows sample results for the tested server when running a typical canary script. Individual
user response times are shown in blue, with a yellow line depicting average response times.

HP analyzed this figure to determine when response times began to increase markedly and
consistently over a baseline level, indicating that user response times had become unacceptable.