Performance of Four Intel-Based SMB Servers Running Applications
The latest Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1240-based small-to-medium business (SMB) server delivers significantly better performance and performance per watt than previous-generation Intel® processor-based SMB servers while running typical office applications. In our tests, the Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server delivered up to 495 percent better performance than three previous-generation Intel processor-based servers did. This superior performance, for comparatively little increase in cost, makes the new Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server a wise choice for any small business seeking an all-in-one SMB server.
OUR PROCESS: We measured the performance and performance per watt of four different Intel processor-based SMB servers running simultaneous workloads that exercised three of the functions a typical small business server may have to handle: Web, email, and database services. Our tests reflect the priorities of SMB owners: increased efficiency and increased cost savings. Better workload performance results in more accomplished in less time, and better performance per watt results in lower power bills. We wanted to see if the new Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based SMB server could deliver both.
PROJECT OVERVIEW: Hardware ages out. As workloads become more demanding, older servers, and older desktop systems acting as servers, are increasingly unable to run them efficiently. SMB owners find their servers becoming bottlenecks to productivity, and even liabilities as they start to break down. Nonetheless, small businesses that are outgrowing their servers still question the performance benefits of newer servers. Can they continue to use their older desktop systems as servers? Were they to invest in a new server, how substantial would the performance gains in Web, email, and database applications be; how substantial would the power savings be; and what would the price differences be? In our tests, we address these questions by comparing a new Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server with that of several older Intel processor-based servers. The Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor Q8400-based server and Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor E6400-based server are intended to represent desktop systems acting as servers.
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Performance of Four Intel-Based SMB Servers Running Applications
The latest Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1240-based small-to-medium business (SMB) server delivers significantly better performance and performance per watt than previous-generation Intel® processor-based SMB servers while running typical office applications. In our tests, the Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server delivered up to 495 percent better performance than three previous-generation Intel processor-based servers did. This superior performance, for comparatively little increase in cost, makes the new Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server a wise choice for any small business seeking an all-in-one SMB server.
OUR PROCESS: We measured the performance and performance per watt of four different Intel processor-based SMB servers running simultaneous workloads that exercised three of the functions a typical small business server may have to handle: Web, email, and database services. Our tests reflect the priorities of SMB owners: increased efficiency and increased cost savings. Better workload performance results in more accomplished in less time, and better performance per watt results in lower power bills. We wanted to see if the new Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based SMB server could deliver both.
PROJECT OVERVIEW: Hardware ages out. As workloads become more demanding, older servers, and older desktop systems acting as servers, are increasingly unable to run them efficiently. SMB owners find their servers becoming bottlenecks to productivity, and even liabilities as they start to break down. Nonetheless, small businesses that are outgrowing their servers still question the performance benefits of newer servers. Can they continue to use their older desktop systems as servers? Were they to invest in a new server, how substantial would the performance gains in Web, email, and database applications be; how substantial would the power savings be; and what would the price differences be? In our tests, we address these questions by comparing a new Intel Xeon processor E3-1240-based server with that of several older Intel processor-based servers. The Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor Q8400-based server and Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor E6400-based server are intended to represent desktop systems acting as servers.
Read the full Findings Paper.
