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IBM System p5™ servers deliver outstanding price/performance and are powered by the most advanced 64-bit processors available from IBM today, including the IBM POWER5+™ IBM today, including the IBM POWER5+™ processor. With technologies such as simultaneous multithreading, the POWER5+ processor provides increased system utilization and improved application performance.
The System p5 550 features 2- or 4-core 1.9 Ghz POWER5+ processors with a maximum of 64GB memory, and provides ample processing power to meet even the most demanding workloads. Its unique virtualization capabilities not only allow resources to be shifted on demand but also help maximize the uptime of your applications.
In this report, the file serving performance results are documented on a 4-core p5-550 configured as a 2-core system and a 4-core system running SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for POWER™ (SLES 9) SP2. The tests were carried out using Ziff Davis Media NetBench® 7.03 benchmark software with Enterprise Disk Mix Test Suite. The NetBench benchmark can be characterized as an I/O file system-based workload with client PCs making network file requests against a network file server. The NetBench benchmark measures the peak throughput in Megabits per second (Mb/sec), and the average response time is measured in milliseconds.
The tests were performed by IBM Corporation without independent verification by the VeriTest testing division of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. ("VeriTest") or Ziff Davis Media Inc. Neither Ziff Davis Media Inc. nor VeriTest make any representations or warranties as to the results of the tests.
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