Performance Gains and Cost Savings
Using 45nm Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processors
Age of existing servers
2001 or older
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006 (dual core)
Quad-Core performance gain
Number of existing servers for consolidation
Desired consolidation ratio
30:1
20:1
15:1
12:1
10:1
8:1
6:1
4:1
Annual cost savings