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05/08 HP ProLiant BL680c G5 with BL480c server blades earn the Top position on Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Medium Model Benchmark for RAC category
ProLiant leadership continues with the #1 result on the Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Medium Model Benchmark with the four-socket, Quad-Core ProLiant BL680c G5 and ProLiant BL480c server blades for Fastest Response Time, Orders-to-Catch, and Payroll Batch in the Real Application Clusters (RAC) category. The results defeated SGI's Altix 450 eight-socket, 16-core server results for the above categories and also beat IBM's p570 POWER6/POWER5 four-socket, Dual-Core server's non-RAC results for performance and price/performance.

03/08 HP ProLiant BL465c G5 server blade posts HP’s first Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ blade result on Oracle Applications Standard Benchmark (small model, single DB instance)
On March 24, 2008, HP submitted a new result for the HP ProLiant BL465c G5 on the Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Small Model benchmark. The HP ProLiant BL465c G5 achieved superior results as compared to the IBM x3850 in each of the following key measurements:
  • 88% faster in Average Response Time
  • Nearly 3x as fast in 90th percentile Response Time
  • More than twice the Order Cash Lines per Hour Batch Throughput
  • More than twice the Payroll Checks per Hour Batch Throughput
03/08 An evaluation of blade server power efficiency for the HP ProLiant BL260c G5, Dell PowerEdge M600, and IBM BladeCenter HS21 using the SPECjbb2005 Benchmark
HP evaluated the performance and energy efficiency of the HP ProLiant BladeSystem c-Class with the ProLiant BL260c G5 and compared results to those from the December 2007 Principled Technologies report on the Dell PowerEdge M600 and the IBM BladeCenter HS21 server blades utilizing the SPECjbb2005 benchmark.1 HP’s comparison of HP’s server blade result and the Principled Technologies report showed that the HP ProLiant BL260c G5 server blade attained the highest performance/watt in all configurations run.

03/08 HP ProLiant BL685c G5 Server Blade with new Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors takes 4P and 2P x86/64 records on SPEC® CPU2006 benchmark
The ProLiant BL685 G5 with the AMD Opteron™ processor Model 8356 achieved four new records on the SPEC® CPU2006 benchmark. The HP ProLiant BL685c G5 server blade achieved the following leadership four-processor and two-processor results:#1 4P x86/64 SPECfp_rate_base2006, #1 4P x86/64 SPECfpÒ_rate2006, #1 2P x86/64 SPECfp_rate_base2006, #1 2P x86/64 SPECfpÒ_rate2006.

03/08 HP ProLiant DL585 G5 with new Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors takes #1 4P worldwide price/performance record on TPC-C benchmark
HP announced new record-breaking results on the TPC-C benchmark for the HP ProLiant DL585 G5 on March 31, 2008. The HP ProLiant DL585 G5, configured with 4 x 2.3GHz Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Model 8356 processors (4 processors/16 cores/16 threads) with 2 MB Cache and 128 GB DDR2 main memory, achieved 402,234 tpmC @ USD$1.26/tpmC running Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition operating system and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2 database. The results represent a 52.9% performance improvement on Quad-Core processors compared to the DL585 G2 Dual-Core result. The DL585 G5 result with the new Quad-Core processors achieved the top 4P price/performance at less than half the cost of the closest competitor, is #7 on the Top Ten TPC-C price/performance list, is the only 4P server result on that list, and brings the number of HP servers on the Top Ten TPC-C price/performance list to 5.

03/08 HP ProLiant servers show excellent performance scalability with new Quad-Core AMD Opteronä processors on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark
The HP ProLiant DL385 G5 and HP ProLiant BL685c G5 achieved outstanding performance in the first Quad-Core AMD Opteron results posted for HP on the two-tier SAP SD Application Benchmark, showing excellent scalability of HP ProLiant AMD Opteron-based servers moving from dual-core to quad-core processing and comparative performance providing quality choices for customers. The ProLiant DL385 G5 achieved 2,102 SAP SD Benchmark users, equivalent to a throughput of 210,330 fully processed order line items per hour or 10,520 SAPS. The ProLiant BL685c G5 achieved 3,524 SAP SD Benchmark users, equivalent to a throughput of 353,300 fully processed order line items per hour or 17,650 SAPS.

03/08 HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server blade takes world record for excellent performance for four-processor server on three-tier SAP® SD Standard Application Benchmark with Microsoft Windows 2008
The HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server blade delivers no-compromise performance and expansion as the first Quad-Core 4P BladeSystem Server. The server blade showed an outstanding performance on the three-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark with a result of 34,000 SAP SD Benchmark users and 170,200 total SAPS, earning the #1 position for a four-processor server on the three-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark.

02/08 HP ProLiant two-socket, 8-core servers earn #1 and #2 spots on Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Small Model Benchmark
HP announced recently that its two-socket server blade, the ProLiant BL460c, attained the #1 performance result on the Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Small Model Benchmark, utilizing a Quad-Core configuration with the latest Intel Xeon X5400 Series chipset. The ProLiant DL380 G5 continued its performance success with the next leading result. With this benchmark, HP now owns the TOP 8 positions for published Oracle E-Business Suite small model benchmarks.

11/07 HP retains #1 and #2 positions for two-processor performance on the SAP® SD Standard Application Benchmark with the ProLiant BL460c server blade AND ProLiant DL380 G5
The HP dynamic duo, the ProLiant BL460c server blade and ProLiant DL380 G5 rack server, maintained its leading streak of providing high performance by earning the #1 and #2 spots for two-processors on the two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark, respectively. The benchmark results show a 17.7% increase in performance for the ProLiant BL460c compared to its previous Quad-Core benchmark result and an increase of up to 17.0% for the ProLiant DL380 G5 when compared to its previous Quad-Core benchmark results.

The ProLiant BL460c server blade supports up to 48.2% more users than other two-processor blade competitors, while the ProLiant DL380 G5 beat the Dell PowerEdge 2950 by more than 50%.

10/07 HP ProLiant BL480c server blade secures #1 overall performance for Intel and blade servers for NotesBench 7.0.1 benchmark
The HP ProLiant BL480c server blade topped all other Intel and blade competitors in the two-processor, Dual-Core performance Lotus 7.0.1 benchmark category with 27,000 users. The results also proved ProLiant leadership over competitors Sun with its Sun Fire T2000 UltraSPARC T1 server and IBM with its p550Q POWER5+ server.

09/07 HP ProLiant servers capture the Top 10 SPECweb2005 results
HP leads the SPECweb2005 benchmarks with its powerful, 4-socket ProLiant servers, followed by its space--saving and innovative Blade solutions and 2-socket servers, achieving the Top 10 SPECweb2005 results. In addition, the HP ProLiant DL580 G5 is the first server to accomplish a SPECweb2005 world record score of 30,261 -earning HP the title of the first vendor to serve over 30,000 simultaneous user sessions. This score represents a 40% performance advantage over the next closest competitor.

09/07 HP ProLiant BL685c Dual-Core server blade posts first blade result and earns #1 4-socket/8-core result on Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Small Model Benchmark
On August 14, 2007, HP submitted a new result for the HP ProLiant BL685c on the Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Small Model benchmark. The HP ProLiant BL685c achieved superior results as compared to the IBM x3850 in each of the following key measurements:
  • 56% faster in Average Response Time
  • More than twice as fast in 90th percentile Response Time
  • 9,553 more Order Cash Lines per Hour Batch Throughput
  • 21,150 more Payroll Checks per Hour Batch Throughput
09/07 HP achieves #1 overall performance results for two-processors on two-tier SAP® SD Standard Application Benchmark with ProLiant BL460c server blade AND ProLiant DL380 G5
HP ProLiant 2P Quad-Core servers, the BL460c server blade and the DL380 G5, once again claim outstanding results, this time with the #1 leading performance on the two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark for both servers with two-processor performances of 2,080 SAP SD Benchmark user s. This result defeated two-processor, Quad-Core competitors from IBM, Dell, and Fujitsu-Siemens and also IBM's p570 Power6 Dual-Core server result.

09/07 New HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server blade earns excellent performance outcome for four-processor server on two-tier SAP® SD Standard Application Benchmark
The all new HP ProLiant BL680c G5 Server Blade delivers no-compromise performance and expansion as the first Quad-Core 4P BladeSystem Server. The server blade showed an outstanding first performance on the two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark with a result of 3,500 SAP SD Benchmark users and 17,550 total SAPS, earning the #2 spot for four-processor, Microsoft Windows performance on the two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark.

09/07 HP ProLiant BL685c with four AMD Opteron™ 8222 processors delivers excellent results on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark
Tests were performed on the ProLiant BL685c server blade by HP’s Houston Solution Alliances SAP Engineering lab in Houston, TX. HP received certification from SAP AG of the results on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark for the ProLiant BL685c (#2007053) on September 3, 2007. The server was configured as a four-processor system with 4 x 3.0GHz Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processor Model 8222 (4 processors/8 cores/8 threads), with 128 KB L1 cache per core and 1MB L2 cache per core, and 32GB main memory. The server was running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition operating system, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database, and the SAP ERP 6.0 application (formerly known as mySAP™ ERP 2005 application).

Results: The ProLiant BL685c achieved 2,100 SAP SD Benchmark users, equivalent to a throughput of 210,670 fully processed order line items per hour or 10,530 SAPS.

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