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Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family for Datacenter Infrastructure
Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family deliver the best combination of performance.
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Data Center Infrastructure
This guide explains how the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family helps IT managers build their next-generation data center infrastructure to support innovative services such as virtualization and cloud computing.
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Cloud Solutions
Learn about cloud infrastructure solutions from leading vendors with offerings built on the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family.
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Cloud Computing Advantages
This presentation highlights cloud computing advantages of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family and helps you make the business case for investing. Includes access to an ROI calculator.
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High Performance Servers
Based on our performance assessment and our refresh cycle, we plan to deploy servers based on the new Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 series this year, completing our replacement of older servers.
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Case Studies: Cloud
Learn how the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 family can help make your IT business more efficient, productive and secure. Real life business success stories from some of the world’s leading companies can help you make your own IT decisions.
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Future of Cloud Computing
A practical guide to help IT managers with data center design and support the future of cloud computing includes 10 Gigabit Ethernet for unified networking, cloud security issues, server pools, cloud storage, and for the next-generation data center.
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Product and Performance Information
1. Source: Performance comparison using geometric mean of SPECint*_rate_base2006, SPECfp*_rate_base2006, STREAM*_MP Triad, and Linpack* benchmark results. Baseline geometric mean score of 166.75 on prior generation 2S Intel® Xeon® Processor X5690 platform based on best published SPECrate* scores to www.spec.org and best Intel internal measurements on STREAM*_MP Triad and Linpack as of 5 December 2011. New geometric mean score of 306.74 based on Intel internal measured estimates using an Intel® Rose City platform with two Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2690, Turbo and EIST Enabled, with Hyper-Threading, 128 GB RAM, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.1 beta for x86_6, Intel® Compiler 12.1, THP disabled for SPECfp_rate_base2006 and enabled for SPECint*_rate_base2006
2. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel® microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark* and MobileMark*, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations, and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products.
3. Performance comparison using SPECfp*_rate_base2006 benchmark result at the same TDP. Baseline score of 271 on prior generation 2S Intel® Xeon® processor X5690 based on best publication to www.spec.org using Intel® Compiler 12.1 as of 17 January 2012. For details, please see: http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2012q1/cpu2006-20111219-19195.html. New score of 466 based on Intel internal measured estimates using an Intel® Canoe Pass platform with two Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2680, Turbo Enabled, EIST Enabled, Hyper-Threading Enabled, 64 GB RAM, Intel® Compiler 12.1, THP disabled, Red Hat* Enterprise Linux Server 6.1.
4. Intel measurements of average time for an I/O device read to local system memory under idle conditions. Improvement compares Xeon processor E5-2600 product family (230 ns) vs. Xeon processor 5500 series (340 ns). Baseline Configuration: Green City system with two Intel® Xeon processor E5520 (2.26GHz, 4C), 12GB memory @ 1333, C-States Disabled, Turbo Disabled, SMT Disabled, Rubicon* PCIe* 2.0 x8. New Configuration: Meridian system with two Intel® Xeon processor E5-2665 (C0 stepping, 2.4GHz, 8C), 32GB memory @1600 MHz, C-States Enabled, Turbo Enabled. The measurements were taken with a LeCroy* PCIe* protocol analyzer using Intel internal Rubicon (PCIe* 2.0) and Florin (PCIe* 3.0) test cards running under Windows* 2008 R2 w/SP1.
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