The Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series is designed to handle any IT consolidation project with ease while maintaining peak load application responsiveness. With key innovations like large on-die L3 cache, support for four or more processors, and expanded memory of up to 256 GB, servers based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series is the ideal choice for your large virtualization projects and data-intensive, business-critical performance requirements.
When deploying virtualization solution, choosing the right hardware can have positive impact to your data center and availability of your business applications. Maximize the value of virtualization by considering four key areas: hardware designed for virtualization, creating a scalable pool of virtualized resources, size the right server to maximize returns, and time server refresh to maximize value.
For virtualized workloads on servers that are more than three years old, moving to 4-socket or larger servers based on the latest Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series could deliver quick and significant ROI.
Intel IT successfully implemented an ERP environment based on industry-standard servers, with 4-socket servers playing an essential role in this strategy. Four-socket servers provide the performance, memory capacity, I/O expandability, and proven technology required to run Intel IT’s larger production ERP instances.
The Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series is best-in-class for demanding enterprise workloads, with almost 50 percent better performance‡ in some cases and up to 10 percent reduction in platform power compared to previous generation expandable servers.◊
Designed and optimized for IT, these 6-core processors provide industry-leading multi-core processing and greater computing performance without increasing footprint and powerΔ demands. In addition, these processors are designed with Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT), enabling an ecosystem of software-based virtualization from industry leading software providers.
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Scalable performance with decreased footprint and power demands
Industry's lowest watt per core platform with available 65 watt processor
Based on 45nm Intel® Core™ microarchitecture enabling low voltage options for ultra-dense deployments
Platform compatible with previous generation Intel® Xeon® processor 7300 series
Hardware-assisted virtualization technology
Maximize virtual machine density through large memory capacity and more processor resources
Investment protection and flexibility with Intel® Virtualization Technology FlexMigration (Intel® VT FlexMigration)◊
More efficient disaster recovery and high availability through virtualization
Broadest ecosystem support with virtualization software providers and leading OEMs
Up to 16 MB shared L3 cache
Keeps more needed data closer to the cores for access faster than off-chip memory
Intel® 64 architectureΛ
Flexibility for 64-bit and 32-bit applications and operating systems
Enhanced reliability and manageability
Outstanding platform reliability with many memory controller features, combined with PCI Express* RAS features
Error Correcting Code (ECC) system bus, new memory mirroring and I/O hot-plug
Product and Performance Data
‡ Performance gain claim based on TPC-E Benchmark details Intel® Xeon® processor X7350 based platform details Fujitsu Seimens* Primergy RX600 S4 server platform with four Intel® Xeon® processors X7350 2.93GHz, 2x4MB L2 cache, 128GB (32x4GB) memory, Microsoft SQL Server* 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition, Microsoft Windows Server* 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition, TPC-E 492.32; Price/Performance: USD 559.88. Availability Date 1/1/09; Processors/Cores/Threats—4/16/16; application benchmark performance certified on Sept 10, 2008 by Fujitsu Seimens. Intel® Xeon® processor X7460 based platform details IBM* System x 3850 M2 server platform with four Intel® Xeon® processors X7460 (2.66GHz, 16MB L2 cache, 6 cores), 128GB memory, Microsoft SQL Server* 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition, Microsoft Windows Server* 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition, TPC-E 729.65; Price/Performance: USD 457.27. Availability Date 10/31/08; Processors/Cores/Threats—4/24/24; application benchmark performance certified on Sept 15, 2008 by IBM.
◊ Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT), Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT), and Intel® 64 architecture require a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, enabling software and/or operating system, device drivers and applications designed for these features. Performance will vary depending on your configuration. Contact your vendor for more information.
Δ Reduced platform power claim based on vConsolidate Benchmark on VMware ESX Server* results comparison between Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 and 7300 series based on vConsolidate benchmark result measured on Vmware ESX Server* v3.5.0 by Intel corporation in September 2008. Intel® Xeon® processor X7460 and X7350 based platform details: Intel server software development platform (Foxcove) with four Intel® Xeon® processors X7460 (2.66GHz, 16M L3 Cache, 6-cores) or X7350 (2.93GHz, 8M L2 Cache, 4-cores) 1066 MHz system bus, 8MB L2 cache, Clarksboro chipset, 16x2GB memory FBD PC2-5300F, maximum performance achieved using five CSUs for X7350 and 6 CSUs for X7460. vConsolidate version 2.0 profile 2. Platform power measured as part of the performance measurement showed a 11 percent reduced power consumption while delivering peak performance.
◊ 64-bit computing on Intel® architecture requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system, device drivers, and applications enabled for Intel® 64 architecture. Processors will not operate (including 32-bit operation) without an Intel 64 architecture-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software configurations. Consult with your system vendor for more information.
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