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10/11 HP ProLiant DL980 G7 dominates with #1 overall virtualized performance on SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark with RHEL 6.1

With its remarkable first-ever virtualization performance result of 7,424@456VMs, 76 tiles, the HP ProLiant DL980 with HP PREMA Architecture earned a plethora of outstanding achievements that include earning the highest result for any server and also performing 1.9X more on a scalability factor from 4P to 8P.

10/11 HP ProLiant DL980 G7 maintains superior performance record with #1 8-processor result on the latest SPECjbb2005 performance benchmark

Continuing with its performance prowess, the HP ProLiant DL980 G7 with the HP PREMA Architecture upholds its record as the highest eight-processor performing platform on the SPECjbb2005 benchmark.

9/11 HP ProLiant DL980 G7 reigns as #1 Microsoft Windows/SQL Server performance winner for non-clustered TPC-H Benchmark @1000GB

HP achieved outstanding TPC-H @1000GB results on the DL980 G7, ProLiant's scale-up x86 workhorse, earning the #1 spot for non-clustered (single system) Microsoft Windows/SQL Server performance. With this result, the ProLiant DL980 G7 now holds two TPC-H #1 performance spots with Microsoft Windows/SQL: TPC-H@1000GB and TPC-H @3000GB

6/11 HP ProLiant DL980 G7 earns superior performance records: #1 overall Windows AND #1 8-processor Windows results on SPECjbb2005 performance benchmark

With the result of 5,024,919 SPECjbb2005 bops (business operations per second), the HP ProLiant DL980 G7 with the HP PREMA Architecture achieved the highest overall performance outcome for Windows on the SPECjbb2005 benchmark. This result also gives the DL980 G7 the #1 x86 8-processessor Windows benchmark result.

6/11 HP ProLiant DL980 G7 upholds #1 record on x86 8-processor SPEC CPU2006 performance benchmark results

The HP ProLiant DL980 G7 continues to maintain its world record with an overall 8-processor result for x86 servers on the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark. Comparing other 8-processors with Intel Xeon E7 family, 10-core, the ProLiant DL980 G7 server outperformed the competition. In addition, the ProLiant DL980 G7 with HP PREMA Architecture enabled balanced scaling with up1.32X performance gained.

6/11 HP ProLiant DL980 G7 eight processor + Microsoft Windows and SQL Server = Leadership Performance and Winning Combination for Users of SAP® Solutions

The HP ProLiant DL980 G7 server earned the #1 performance with its eight-processor Windows, with Microsoft SQL Server 2008, result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark. Along with its leadership performance, the ProLiant DL980 G7 with the HP PREMA Architecture offers almost linear balanced scalability for Microsoft SQL Server from four processors to eight processors at 1.85X performance gain.

4/11 HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Maintains #1 record on x86 8-socket SPECint_rate2006 benchmark results

The HP ProLiant DL980 G7 achieved the #1 overall 8-socket result for x86 servers on the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark demonstrating record-leading performance and durability for demanding scale-out applications in a real-world workload environment.

2/11 HP achieves #1 record on x86 8-socket SPEC CPU2006 benchmark results

The HP ProLiant DL980 G7 achieved the following #1 overall 8-processor result for x86 servers on the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark. This result showed increased performance when compared to similarly configured 8-processor x86 competitors.
Take Aways:

• #1 8-socket x86_64 SPECint_rate2006 result of 1,510
• #1 8-socket x86_64 SPECfp_rate2006 result of 1,080
• Proof point of increased performance and durability for demanding scale-out applications in a real-world workload environment
• Beat Oracle, Fujitsu, NEC, and Inspur similarly configured servers with up to 19.4% greater performance
• The ProLiant DL980 G7, using the Intel Xeon X6550 processor, achieved 14.7% better performance when compared to the IBM System x3850 X5 using the X7550 processor

10/10 HP ProLiant DL980 G7 is #1 Windows eight-processor performance leader on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark

The HP ProLiant DL980 G7 has achieved the #1 overall Windows eight-processor result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0. With 18,635 SAP SD benchmark users and 101,720 SAPS, this result outperforms similarly configured NEC Express5800 and Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 1800E (see Figure 1 below and Appendix A for comparison minimum data).

9/10 New HP 8-socket, single-node ProLiant DL980 G7 earns world record on SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark

HP ProLiant's newest scale-up x86 workhorse, the DL980 G7, is designed for superior performance, improved server efficiency, and utilization, proof points exhibited when the server achieved world-record single-node performance status with 20,092.36 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.
Key Take Aways:

• The ProLiant DL980 G7 captured the highest ever single-node performance result on the SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark.
• A powerful and scalable 8-socket server with eight-core Intel processors and new ProLiant Generation 7 technology, the HP ProLiant DL980 G7 also showed excellent performance scalability when compared to previous ProLiant 8-socket results.
• HP delivers the most comprehensive portfolio of scale-up servers, combining mission critical x86 expertise and technologies.

8/10 HP ProLiant DL980 G7 wins #1 8-socket x86 server results on SPECjbb2005

With the result of 3,816,799 SPECjbb2005 bops (business operations per second), the HP ProLiant DL980 G7 with the newest Eight-Core Intel Xeon processors achieved several records on the SPECjbb2005 benchmark.

• A powerful and scalable server with eight-core Intel processors and new ProLiant Generation 7 technology, the HP ProLiant DL980 G7 beat the competitive systems in performance by up to 1.74X
• Top 8-socket result: more than 3.8 million SPECjbb2005 bops
• #1 Java business application performance on Microsoft Windows Server
• More than 90% performance improvement over previous generation 8-socket 32-core DL785 G6 result

8/10 HP bests competitors with #1 x86 SPEC CPU2006 benchmark results

The HP ProLiant DL980 G7 achieved the following #1 overall 8-processor result for x86 servers on the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark. This result showed increased performance when compared to similarly configured 8-processor x86 competitors.

• #1 8-socket x86_64 SPECint_rate2006 result of 1,470
• #1 8-socket x86_64 SPECfp_rate2006 result of 1,040
• Proof point of increased performance and durability for demanding
• scale-out applications in a real-world workload environment
• Beats Oracle Sun Fire and Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST with up to 15% greater performance

7/10 HP ProLiant DL380 G7, DL385 G7 take world records for performance, price/performance on 100GB TPC-H benchmark

The HP ProLiant DL380 G7 and DL385 G7 swept away the competition, earning the #1 result for performance and price/performance, consecutively, on the 100GB TPC-H benchmark.

7/10 HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 holds leadership result on SPECpower_ssj2008® benchmark

The HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 establishes another world-record performance result on the SPECpower_ssj2008® benchmark. Key takeaways:

• HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 is the industry leader in energy efficient server performance.
• HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 is the top multi-node performer.
• HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 holds two of the Top Five results.
• Excellent proof point for industry-leading energy efficient high density solutions.

6/10 New HP 8-processor ProLiant DL980 G7 achieves #1 Windows performance on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The ProLiant DL980 G7 server achieved excellent eight-processor performance scalability results compared to four-processor results with the same processors and compared to eight-processor results with a previous generation HP ProLiant platform. HP is enhancing the industry's #1 x86 portfolio with a new class of scale-up systems optimized for the most demanding, data-intensive x86 workloads and providing a foundation for a converged infrastructure.

6/10 New HP 8-socket ProLiant DL980 G7 server earns exceptional performance and price performance results on TPC-H @ 3TB benchmark, defeating IBM p595

HP achieved outstanding non-clustered (single-system) TPC-H @ 3TB results on the new DL980 G7, ProLiant's newest scale-up x86 workhorse. Designed for superior performance, improved server efficiency, and utilization, the server attained results of 162,601.7QphH@3000GB and the #1 price performance for non-clustered systems at $2.68 USD/QphH@3000GB on the TPC-H benchmark which measures performance for complex data warehouse transactions for business intelligence solutions. This result showed that the ProLiant DL980 server delivers better performance and much better price performance in 1/5th the rack space compared to the IBM POWER6-based POWER 595.

04/10 HP ProLiant BL490c G6 #1 8-core blade virtualization performer: Server scores 25.27@17 tiles - 102 virtual machines

The HP ProLiant BL490c G6 with 2.93-GHz Intel® Xeon® X5570 processors beats the Cisco B200 server blade result of 25.06@17 tiles using the same processors and same VMmark Build. Excellent proof point for virtualization solutions.

04/10 HP ProLiant BL490c G6 #1 8-core blade virtualization performer: Server scores 25.27@17 tiles - 102 virtual machines

The HP ProLiant BL490c G6 with 2.93-GHz Intel® Xeon® X5570 processors beats the Cisco B200 server blade result of 25.06@17 tiles using the same processors and same VMmark Build. Excellent proof point for virtualization solutions.

04/10 HP ProLiant DL385 G7 with AMD Opteron 6100 Series processors achieves world record for 2-socket price/performance on TPC-C benchmark.

The HP ProLiant servers have done it again - providing the lowest cost in performance - this time with the new ProLiant DL385 G7. With 705,652tpmC @ $.58USD/tpmC, the ProLiant DL385 G7 took the number one, two-socket result for price/performance on the TPC-C benchmark.

4/10 HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 is #1 on SPECpower_ssj2008® benchmark.

The HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 establishes a world-record performance result on the SPECpower_ssj2008® benchmark. The HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 is the industry leader in energy efficient server performance, the top multi-node performer and an excellent proof point for industry-leading energy efficient and high density solutions.

4/10 HP ProLiant ML370 G6 and DL370 G6 take #1 8-core virtualization performance.

The HP ProLiant ML370 G6 (tower) and DL370 G6 (4U rack) establish world-record performance result for 8-core servers. The HP ProLiant ML370 G6/DL370 G6 with 3.2-GHz Intel® Xeon® W5580 processors delivers better performance than a competitor with 3.33-GHz Intel Xeon W5590 processors. It represents the only currently posted 8-core result with 108 virtual machines.

4/10 HP holds world record with SPEC CPU2006 benchmarks: The New ProLiant DL385 G7 with 12-core processors displays highest performance.

HP is the only company to offer a full portfolio of standards-based, integrated solutions, and services developed specifically to solve the complexities of the data center. With this Converged Infrastructure solution and the latest generation of HP technology, the ProLiant DL385 G7 with 12-core AMD Opteron 6100 Processor Series achieved two new records on the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark.

4/10 HP ProLiant DL385 G7 shows amazing 87% greater performance result with core and generation advancements on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The HP ProLiant DL385 with the latest ProLiant Generation 7 technology, AMD Opteron 6176SE Processors, on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0, executed an outstanding result that had 87% greater performance over its previous generation result.

3/10 HP ProLiant BL460c G6 performance result tells outstanding scalability story with the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

With an excellent performance benchmark result of 4,705 SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) users with 25,700 SAPS, the ProLiant BL460c G6 Blade Server displayed compelling scalability with 37.7% greater performance over its previous result on the SAP SD standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0.

3/10 HP announces industry's first-ever all-in-one SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark with HP Converged Infrastructure solution

Complementing HP Converged Infrastructure, HP announced the industry's first-ever all-bladed SPECjAppServer2004. This self-contained multi-tier application infrastructure, optimized for high performance, energy, and space efficiency, achieved world-record performance status with 11,067.68 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.

02/10 Another leadership TPC-H 1 TB result for HP ProLiant DL785 G6 - this time with Sybase IQ and Red Hat Enterprise Linux

The DL785 G6 continues to be the only x86 eight-socket server with results posted on QphH@1000 GB benchmark, and the only x86 eight-socket server with 2 results posted on the benchmark, with 2 different databases and operating systems for customer comparisons.

12/09 Three new HP ProLiant benchmark results display exceptional processor scalability and leading performance with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on two-tier SAP® SD Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The HP ProLiant DL385, ProLiant DL585, and ProLiant DL785 servers provide a great scale-up deployment platform. From 2 to 8 processor systems, the HP ProLiant AMD Opteron server line with SAP applications offers customers an excellent high-performance, multi-operating system infrastructure required for today's adaptive enterprises.

11/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G6 achieves leadership Windows performance on TPC-H @ 1000 GB benchmark

The DL785 G6 is the first and only x86 server with eight six-core processors running Windows Server 2008 R2 to post results on the TPC-H @ 1000 GB benchmark. In addition to holding the #1 non-clustered x86 performance result, the DL785 G6 offers outstanding price/performance and holds the #1 8P price /performance record with this result.

10/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G6 scores leadership results on two-tier SAP® SD Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

Another amazing 48-core result with new Six-Core AMD OpteronTM processors

• This DL785 G6 result achieved these ranks as compared with other results using SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0: #1 overall result and #1 8-processor result

10/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G6 takes a world record on SPECjAppServer2004

#1 worldwide single-node result

Vs. Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 single-node result:
- 23.4% better performance
- 3.3X better price/performance
- 1.6X better performance/watt

09/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G6 wins records on SPEC® CPU2006

Another amazing 48-core result with new Six-Core AMD Opteron processors and Red Hat Linux

• SPECint_rate2006: #1 result for 8-socket or less single-node systems
• SPECfp_rate2006: #1 x86_64 result for 8-socket or less single-node systems
• SPECint_rate2006: up to 2.03X scaling vs. 4-socket platforms
• SPECfp_rate2006: up to 1.836X scaling vs. 4-socket platforms

09/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G6 #1 8-socket single-node on SPECpower_ssj2008

• The only single-node 8-socket result posted
• Scales 39.9% over ProLiant DL785 G5 32-core result

09/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G6 wins #1 8-socket server results on SPECjbb®2005

Another amazing 48-core result with new Six-Core AMD OpteronTM processors

• Top 8-socket result: nearly 2 million SPECjbb®bops
• #1 Java business application performance on Windows
• Beats competitors - IBM by double, Sun by almost double
• 53% better performance than previous 32-core DL785 G5 result

08/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G6 is VMmark benchmark champion again

Another amazing 48-core result with new Six-Core AMD OpteronTM processors:

• Beats NEC and IBM 8-socket competitors by more than 57%
• Scales 70.2% over ProLiant DL785 G5 32-core result
• Offers potential for up to 1,260 Virtual Machines per 42U rack

08/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G6 blasts to top of VMmark benchmark again

With the result of 47.77 @ 30 tiles, the ProLiant DL785 G6 with the newest Six-Core AMD Opteron processors is the highest performing server on the VMmark benchmark, beating the 8-socket competition by more than 40% and showing excellent scaling as compared to the previous generation ProLiant DL785 G5 four-core result.

08/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G6 new generation server extends its #1 overall performance leadership on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The HP ProLiant DL785 G6 eight-socket rack server, the most expandable server in the award-winning HP ProLiant line, achieved the #1 overall performance result on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application.

07/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G6 - first non-clustered result to top 90,000 QphH on TPC-H @ 300 GB

The new DL785 G6 with the latest six-core AMD OpteronTM processors is the highest performing non-clustered server on the TPC-H @ 300 GB benchmark. The result defeated Sun and IBM non-clustered competitors in both performance and price/performance. The DL785 G6 also showed an increase in performance of 59% as compared to the previous generation DL785 G5 result.

06/09 Another top record for HP ProLiant DL785 G5 virtualization performance on VMmark Benchmark

• Highest VMmark score ever posted at 31.56 @ 21 tiles
• Still the only server to achieve 21 tiles on the VMmark benchmark
• #1 leadership score in the eight-socket/32-core category
• Beats all 32-core results: IBM by 28%, Sun by 8.4%, and Unisys by 2.2%
• Result again projects potential of over 750 virtual machines in a 42U rack, with even faster performance
• 3.5% increase from previous leadership DL785 G5 result (30.50 @ 21 tiles)

All results as of 06/02/09 on the VMmark website.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G5 improves upon its #1 leadership results on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark

In April 2009, the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 achieved #1 8-processor energy efficient performance on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark with a score of 927 overall ssj_ops/watt running a Microsoft Windows operating system, and the #1 overall Linux® result with a score of 905 overall ssj_ops/watt.

04/09 Five results over 1 million SPECjbb® BOPS with HP ProLiant DL785 G5 8-processor server on SPECjbb®2005 benchmark
In April 2009, HP announced two new SPECjbb®2005 benchmark results for the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 server with1,296,080SPECjbb BOPS (business operations per second) running Microsoft Windows 2008 operating system and 1,290,209 SPEjbb2005 BOPS running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 operating system. These results are the new #1 and #2 8-processor results

• Up to 24.8% better than the Sun Fire X4600 M2
• Up to 49.3% better than the 8-processor IBM Power 570 (POWER 6, 16-core)
• Top 5 worldwide 8-processor results

04/09 #1 8-socket/32-core records with HP ProLiant DL785 G5 on SPEC® CPU2006 benchmark
HP announced its latest worldwide performance records for the SPEC® CPU2006 benchmark on April 22, 2009, for an eight processor configuration. The ProLiant DL785 G5 with the AMD OpteronTM processor Model 8393SE achieved two new records for performance on the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark:

• #1 8-socket/32- core x86_64 SPECint®_rate_base2006 and SPECint_rate2006 results Up to 6% better performance than the Sun Fire X4600 M2
• HP ProLiant DL785 G5 continues to post updated results, showing the HP commitment to provide information customers need.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G5 earns #1 eight-processor performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.

#1 eight-processor performance result on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application.
#1 eight-processor/32-core result posted result on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0.

04/09 Record-breaking HP ProLiant DL785 G5 virtualization performance: first to score 126 Virtual Machines on VMmark!
The industry's 8-socket workhorse, the DL785 G5, with 11 expansion slots and up to 512 GB RAM, delivers leading expandability for x86 virtualization and enterprise applications. Key points regarding this result:

• Highest Mmark score ever posted at 30.50@21 tiles
• First server to score more than 30 on the VMmark benchmark
• #1 leadership score in the eight-socket/32-core category
• Beats IBM by a whopping 23.9% and Sun by 4.8%
• Result projects potential of over 750 virtual machines in a 42U rack
• 10.1% increase from previous DL785 result (27.71@19 tiles)

03/09 HP roLiant DL785 G5 is #1, #2, and #3 8P server on SPECjbb®2005 benchmark
HP announced two new SPECjbb®2005 benchmark results for the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 server with 1,190,070SPECjbb BOPS (business operations per second) running Microsoft Windows 2008 operating system and 1,184,403 SPEjbb2005 BOPS running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 operating system. These results are the #1 and #2 8-processor results, with the prior #1 8-processor result now the #3 8P result at 1,181,782 SPECjbb2005 BOPS.

• Up to 14.6% better than the Sun Fire X4600 M2 (same processors)
• Up to 37% better than the 8-processor IBM Power 570 (POWER 6, 16-core)
• #1, 2, and 3 worldwide 8-processor results
•  #1, 2, and 3 results for any server up to 8 processors
• #1, 2, and 3 result for any AMD-based server
• #1 and #2 result for servers running Microsoft Windows OS
• #1 result for any 8-socket server running Linux OS

ProLiant 4P

8/11 HP ProLiant DL580 G7 maintains #1 4-socket leadership performance on SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark

With the superior result of 3,894@240 VMs (40 tiles) on the SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark, the HP ProLiant DL580 G7 upholds its #1 4-socket performance record.

8/11 HP ProLiant DL580 G7 maintains its momentum with four-processor Linux performance leadership, scalability on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark

The HP ProLiant DL580 G7 server made excellent performance strides with its latest four-processor Linux performance result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark, upholding its #1 position.

05/11 HP ProLiant BL685c G7 server blade wins #1 AMD Opteron™-based four-processor and #1 four-processor server blade performance records on TPC-C benchmark with latest 12-core processors

The HP ProLiant BL685c G7 Server Blade won the #1 AMD Opteron-based four-processor performance and #1 four-processor server blade performance records on the TPC-C benchmark. Using four AMD Opteron™ 6174 processors, the ProLiant BL685c G7 server achieved 1,263,599 tpmC@ $0.51 USD/tpmC. This record-breaking result attained 5.8% greater performance and 33% better price/performance than the previous generation AMD Opteron four-processor result, posted by HP with the ProLiant DL585 G7 rack server. No Tier One competitors have posted results for four-socket blades or AMD Opteron four-processor servers as of the date of publication. HP has the top ten results for four-processor AMD Opteron performance.

4/11 HP ProLiant DL580 G7 claims #1 leadership performance on SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark

The HP ProLiant DL580 G7 takes the top 4-socket performance result AND claims the best overall VMware/ESX result with 3723@228 VMs (38 tiles) on SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark.

4/11 HP ProLiant DL580 G7 achieves 4-processor world record result on TPC-E benchmark

The HP ProLiant DL580 G7, the world's best selling scale-up server, show compelling performance and scalability with latest Intel Xeon technology.

2/11 HP ProLiant DL585 G7 and BL465c G7 servers achieve excellent four-processor and two-processor Windows performance with AMD Opteron processors on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark

Key Take Aways:

• The HP ProLiant DL585 G7 server achieved an excellent four-processor Windows performance result on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark.
• The HP ProLiant DL585 G7 and HP ProLiant BL680c G7 four-processor Windows results on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark showcase both AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processor based platforms from HP with proven performance results.
• The HP ProLiant DL585 G7 server achieved 6.3% more SAP SD benchmark users than the IBM System x3755 M3 server.
• HP ProLiant BL465c G7 server achieved an excellent two-processor Windows performance result on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark.
• The HP ProLiant BL465c G7 result achieved a 2.3% performance improvement as compared to the result achieved by the HP ProLiant DL385 G7 result on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark.

11/10 HP ProLiant DL380 G7 posts #1 12-core result and the first result with power metric on SPECvirt_sc2010® benchmark

Key Take Aways:

• HP ProLiant DL380 G7 is an industry leader in virtualized server consolidation.
• HP ProLiant DL380 G7 took the #1 performance spot for 12-core servers with two Intel Xeon X5680 processors.
• HP ProLiant DL380 G7 posted the first result on this new benchmark with a power metric, showing the HP commitment to customer needs for performance and power efficiency information.
• Excellent proof point for industry-leading virtualized server consolidation and power efficiency.

11/10 HP ProLiant BL680c G7 server blade delivers outstanding results for four-processor Windows performance on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark

Key Take Aways:

• New HP ProLiant BL680c G7 server blade with Intel Xeon 7500 series achieves #2 Windows four-processor performance result.
• The ProLiant BL680c G7 achieved 23.4% more SAP SD benchmark users than four-processor server blade competitors Hitachi HA8000 Model RS440AK and Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX960 S1.(See Figure 1 and Appendix A)
• HP's newest ProLiant four-processor server blade scales up with more than three times the performance compared to the previous generation ProLiant BL680c G5 server blade.(see Figure 2 and Appendix A)
• Demonstrates that new ProLiant Generation 7 technology with Converged Infrastructure delivers leading performance.

8/10 NEW HP ProLiant DL585 G7 wins twice: 4-socket leader for price and price/performance on TPC-C benchmark

The new HP DL585 G7, the obvious choice for virtualization/consolidation environments and corporate data center infrastructure, has earned two world records for performance and price/performance. With 1,193,472 tpmC @ $.68USD/tpmC, the HP ProLiant DL585 G7 acquired the highest 4-socket result performance and, again, is in the TOP TEN for price/performance on the TPC-C benchmark.

8/10 HP ProLiant DL580 G7 takes leadership role in four-processor Windows performance, shows excellent scalability on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark

In addition to earning the #1 score in 4-processor Windows performance, the new HP ProLiant DL580 G7 displayed powerful scalability with over 2X performance compared to 2-processor Intel Xeon X5680 performance and with over 3X performance comparing 4-processor generation to generation on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0 (see Appendix A for minimum data). With its performance advantages, the ProLiant DL580 G7 attained 10,490 SAP SD benchmark users with 57,270 SAPS (4 processors/32 cores/64 threads).

6/10 FIRSTS and WORLD RECORD for HP: ProLiant DL585 G7 breaks 100,000 QphH @ 300GB and earns #1 non-clustered result for 300GB TPC-H benchmark

The new HP DL585 G7, the obvious choice for virtualization/consolidation environments and corporate data center infrastructure, became the first non-clustered server to achieve over 100,000 QphH@300GB, thus earning the #1 non-clustered result for the TPC-H@300GB. With 117,561.2 QphH@300GB, $1.08USD/QphH@300GB, 9.58 Watts/KQphH@300GB, the ProLiant DL585 G7, one of the newest HP Scale-Up x86 servers, is the ideal selection for mission-critical data center deployments and virtualization environments.

6/10 New HP four-processor ProLiant BL685c G7 achieves excellent performance and outstanding scalability on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

In addition to achieving leading Windows performance results on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark, the ProLiant BL685c G7 server showed excellent four-processor performance scalability. The ProLiant BL685c G7 server showed performance scaling of 1.96X when it achieved 8,675 SAP SD benchmark users (47.420 SAPS) as compared to the four-processor result of 4,422 SAP SD benchmark users (24,230 SAPS) with the previous Generation 6 ProLiant BL685c and scaling of 1.97X as compared to the two processor result of 4,394 SAP SD benchmark users (24,020 SAPS) with the ProLiant DL385 G7.

6/10 HP ProLiant DL580 G7 performance result shows excellent performance and scalability on two-tier SAP® sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

In addition to earning an outstanding score in 4-processor performance, the new HP ProLiant DL580 G7 displayed powerful scalability with over 2X greater performance compared to its 2-processor performance and with over 3X greater performance comparing 4-processor generation to generation on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0 (see Appendix A for minimum data). With its performance advantages, the ProLiant DL580 G7 attained 10,445 SAP SD benchmark users with 57,020 SAPS.

12/09 Three new HP ProLiant benchmark results display exceptional processor scalability and leading performance with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on two-tier SAP® SD Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The HP ProLiant DL385, ProLiant DL585, and ProLiant DL785 servers provide a great scale-up deployment platform. From 2 to 8 processor systems, the HP ProLiant AMD Opteron server line with SAP applications offers customers an excellent high-performance, multi-operating system infrastructure required for today's adaptive enterprises.

12/09 FIRST PLACE: ProLiant DL585 G6 earns #1 performance on 4-socket SPECjbb2005 benchmark running MS Windows Server 2008 R2

HP announced a new SPECjbb2005 benchmark result for the ProLiant DL585 G6 with 1,002,620 SPECjbb BOPS (business operations per second) running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2.

08/09 ‘Power'ful, low wattage, high density, HP EXCLUSIVE: HP ProLiant BL680c G5 shows excellent performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The HP ProLiant BL680c G5 showed its four processor performance proficiency with outstanding results on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 on Windows, achieving 3,058 SAP SD Benchmark users with 16,680 SAPS. Utilizing the HP exclusive 90 watt Intel® Xeon® X7458, this score outperforms the NEC Express5800 Model R140a server similarly configured with four Intel Xeon X7460 processors that operate at 130 watts. As an EXCLUSIVE for HP, and designed to keep pace with strenuous computing demands, the HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server now supports the high performance Intel Xeon E7458 processor featuring six cores at 2.4GHz and 16MB of L3 cache while utilizing only 90 watts. This compares to the X7460 at 130 watts. No other server boasts the capability to support the Intel® Xeon® E7458 processor.

07/09 HP ProLiant BL685c G6: #1 blade performance on VMmark Benchmark

• The new HP ProLiant BL685c G6 with new 2.6-GHz Six-Core AMD OpteronTM processors is the highest performing server blade on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 29.19@20 tiles.
• With this result, customers have the potential to achieve up to 3,840 Virtual Machines per 42U industry standard rack.

07/09 High achiever: HP ProLiant DL585 sets another record

ProLiant DL585 G6 maintains 4-socket virtual performance leadership

The HP ProLiant DL585, again, is the highest performing 4‑socket server on the VMmark benchmark with an outstanding VMmark score of 29.95@20 tiles. This result defeated all 4-socket rack server competitors, including Dell, IBM, and Sun. The HP ProLiant DL585 also showed an increase in scalability performance of 35.4% compared to previous generation technology.

07/09 Taking it to the limit one more time: HP ProLiant DL585 G6 prevails with #1 four-processor performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

• The HP ProLiant DL585 G6 earned a #1 four-processor performance result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 on Windows, achieving 4,665 SAP SD Benchmark users with 25,530 SAPS.
• This score outperforms four-processor competitors such as IBM, Dell, and NEC displaying increased performance by up to more than twice the other scores.
• The result also eclipses an eight-processor NEC server, showing an increased performance of 4%.

05/09 HP ProLiant BL685c G6 Server Blade achieves #1 four-processor result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with the SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

• The HP ProLiant BL685c G6 earned a #1 four-processor result on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application on Windows, achieving 4,422 SAP SD Benchmark users with 24,230 SAPS.
• With SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0, the HP ProLiant BL685c G6 4 processors/24 cores/24 threads result achieved more than twice the performance of the 4 processors/16 cores/16 threads Dell PowerEdge M905 result and just 63 fewer SAP SD Benchmark users than the 8 processors/48 cores/48 threads result of the NEC Express5800 A1160.
• With SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0, the performance scalability for Six-Core processors for the ProLiant BL685c G6 was 42% better when compared to its previous Quad-Core result.
• Comparing the 2-processor/12-core BL465c G6 configuration (2,355 SAP SD Benchmark users) to the 4-processor/24-core BL685c G6 configuration (4,422 SAP SD Benchmark users) shows six-core two-processor to four-processor scaling of 87.7%.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL585 G5 earns #1 four-processor performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 earned a #1 four-processor performanceresult on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 on Windows, achieving 3,430 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,730 SAPS. The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 is also the first four-processor result with the SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0. In addition, the performance scalability for Quad-Core processors for the ProLiant DL585 G5 was increased 82.9% when compared to its previous Dual-Core generation.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL585 G5 once again earns world record result on Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Medium Model Benchmark

HP again earns ProLiant leadership with the #1 overall result on Oracle E Business Suite 11i Medium Model Benchmark with the four-socket, 16-core HP ProLiant DL585 G5 server. With its excellent price/performance, the ProLiant DL585 G5 defeated the IBM System p570 and the SGI Altix 450 by up to 72% performance improvement. With this benchmark, HP now owns the TOP 4 positions for published Oracle E Business Suite 11i Medium Model benchmarks.

04/09 HP ProLiant BL685c G6: #1 4-socket blade virtualization performance on VMmark Benchmark

The new HP ProLiant BL685c G6 with new 2.9-GHz Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors is the highest performing server blade on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 20.87@14 tiles.
With this result, customers have the potential to achieve up to 2,688 Virtual Machines per 42U industry standard rack.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL585 G5 earns #1 overall 4 socket virtualization performance leadership
Server also shows performance scalability progression

The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 is the highest performing 4-socket server on the VMmark benchmark with a VMmark score of 22.11@15 tiles. This result defeated all 4-socket rack server competitors Dell, IBM, and Sun. The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 is also the first four-socket server to run with the VMware ESX 4.0 Virtualization Platform. In addition, the HP ProLiant DL585 showed an increase in scalability performance compared to previous generation technology.

03/09 ProLiant BL680c G5 upgrade shows increased performance advantage on VMmark benchmark
Upgrading to the next HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server with the latest Intel Xeon server processor shows a VMmark performance advantage of over 16%. HP ProLiant servers also extend the savings from virtualization to a lower ongoing cost of ownership via HP Thermal Logic Technology. ONLY HP offers the most choice with the Intel 7000 sequence blade offerings.

ProLiant 2P

10/11 HP ProLiant DL360 G7 takes highest overall 2-socket energy-efficiency spot

HP, the leader in energy-efficient computing, has won another energy-efficient world record, highlighting once again the HP heritage of engineering excellence.

09/11 HP ProLiant SL170s G6 takes multi-node and two-processor leadership positions in energy-efficient server performance

An 8-node ProLiant SL170s G6 configuration achieved a SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark world record with a score of 3,322 overall ssj_ops/watt.

8/11 HP ProLiant BL620c G7 Server Blade achieves the #1 two-processor Linux performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark

The HP ProLiant BL620c G7 Server Blade earned the #1 two-processor Linux performance result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0. Using two Intel® Xeon® Processors, the ProLiant BL620c G7 server achieved 6,230 SAP SD benchmark users and 34,020 SAP Application Performance Standard (SAPS). The BL620c G7 result represents 18.7% more SAP SD benchmark users than the next highest two-processor Linux result, by the IBM System POWER 730 Server, at 5,250 SAP SD benchmark users and 28,680 SAPS, and 30% more SAP SD benchmark users than the highest previous two-processor Linux result.

5/11 HP ProLiant BL620c G7 server blade wins top 2-socket and best blade performance records on SPECvirt_2010 benchmark

The HP ProLiant BL620c G7 server blade blazed ahead of the 2-socket server blade and rack server competition with the winning two #1 records for the best blade performance on the SPECvirt_2010 benchmark.

2/11 HP announces outstanding performance results with the ProLiant DL380 G7 - AGAIN

Continuing to deliver on its heritage of engineering excellence with increased flexibility and performance for demanding scale-out applications, the HP ProLiant DL380 G7 server added another feather to its performance cap on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with 5,220 SAP SD benchmark users and 28,480 SAPS with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0.

2/11 HP ProLiant DL170e G6: The industry leader in energy-efficient server performance

Once again, HP stands on its heritage of engineering excellence with increased flexibility and energy-efficient performance with the ProLiant DL170e G6 multi-node world record result for power performance on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark with 3,212 overall ssj_ops/watt.

9/10 HP ProLiant DL380 G7 an industry leader in energy efficient server performance

Continuing to deliver on its heritage of engineering excellence with increased
flexibility and performance, the HP ProLiant DL380 G7 earned the world record for single-node power performance on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark with 3,052 overall ssj_ops/watt.

Key Take Aways:

• #1 overall power performance for single-node across all operating systems and server vendors
• Excellent proof point for industry-leading energy efficient and high density solutions.
• Better energy efficient and power performance than the Dell PowerEdge R710, IBM System x3650 M3,and the Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX300 S6 single-node results

9/10 In the HP ProLiant ML350 G6 holds world record for overall price/performance on TPC-C benchmark

The HP ProLiant ML350 G6, the DP Tower server that delivers excellence with performance, expandability, and availability has earned another price/performance world record. With 290,040 tpmC @ $.39USD/tpmC, the HP ProLiant ML350 G6 holds the leading price/performance result, thus earning TWO spots on the overall TOP TEN for price/performance on the TPC-C benchmark.

8/10 HP ProLiant DL380 G7 demonstrates unmatched two-processor performance on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark

The HP ProLiant DL380 achieved the following #1 overall two-processor result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0: 5,110 SAP SD benchmark users with 27,880 SAPS. This result showed increased performance when compared to similarly configured two-processor competitors.

7/10 HP ProLiant DL380 G7, DL385 G7 take world records for performance, price/performance on 100GB TPC-H benchmark

The HP ProLiant DL380 G7 and DL385 G7 swept away the competition, earning the #1 result for performance and price/performance, consecutively, on the 100GB TPC-H benchmark.

7/10 HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 holds leadership result on SPECpower_ssj2008® benchmark

The HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 establishes another world-record performance result on the SPECpower_ssj2008® benchmark. Key takeaways:

• HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 is the industry leader in energy efficient server performance.
• HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 is the top multi-node performer.
• HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 holds two of the Top Five results.
• Excellent proof point for industry-leading energy efficient high density solutions.

6/10 Another world record for the HP ProLiant DL380 G7. ProLiant rack server enjoys continual performance TPC-E success

The ProLiant DL380, with the latest Generation 7 technology, defeated all two-socket competitors with its 1110.11tpsE @ $294 USD/tpsE performance result on the TPC-E benchmark. This #1 performance result was also achieved at a lesser cost than its two-socket competitors.

5/10 NEW HP ProLiant DL380 G7 scores highest with x86 2-socket performance world record on TPC-C benchmark First x86 2-socket server to break 800,000 tpmC barrier, excellent price/performance

Living up to its name, "the versatile, dependable workhorse", the ProLiant DL380, with its latest Generation 7 technology, has attained another #1 performance result. With 803,068tpmC @ $.68USD/tpmC, the ProLiant DL380 G7 acquired the highest x86 2-socket result performance and in the TOP TEN for price/performance on the TPC-C benchmark

5/10 HP ProLiant DL380 G7 demonstrates unsurpassed 2-processor performance on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

With HP Converged Infrastructure, a full portfolio of standards-based integrated solutions and services developed specifically to solve the complexities of the data center, the ProLiant DL380 G7 earned 5,075 SAP SD benchmark users with 27,720 SAPS, a #1 overall 2-processor result on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0.

5/10 HP takes #1 spot in 24-Core VMmark benchmark with 2-socket processors

The new ProLiant DL385 G7, with the latest AMD Opteron processors, is the highest performing server on the 24-core VMmark benchmark with a score of 30.96@22 tiles. This outcome means the server can run 132 virtual machines. This two-processor result exceeds results by Dell, IBM, and Sun.

04/10 HP ProLiant DL385 G7 with AMD Opteron 6100 Series processors achieves world record for 2-socket price/performance on TPC-C benchmark.

The HP ProLiant servers have done it again - providing the lowest cost in performance - this time with the new ProLiant DL385 G7. With 705,652tpmC @ $.58USD/tpmC, the ProLiant DL385 G7 took the number one, two-socket result for price/performance on the TPC-C benchmark.

4/10 HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 is #1 on SPECpower_ssj2008® benchmark.

The HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 establishes a world-record performance result on the SPECpower_ssj2008® benchmark. The HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 is the industry leader in energy efficient server performance, the top multi-node performer and an excellent proof point for industry-leading energy efficient and high density solutions.

4/10 HP ProLiant ML370 G6 and DL370 G6 take #1 8-core virtualization performance.

The HP ProLiant ML370 G6 (tower) and DL370 G6 (4U rack) establish world-record performance result for 8-core servers. The HP ProLiant ML370 G6/DL370 G6 with 3.2-GHz Intel® Xeon® W5580 processors delivers better performance than a competitor with 3.33-GHz Intel Xeon W5590 processors. It represents the only currently posted 8-core result with 108 virtual machines.

4/10 HP holds world record with SPEC CPU2006 benchmarks: The New ProLiant DL385 G7 with 12-core processors displays highest performance.

HP is the only company to offer a full portfolio of standards-based, integrated solutions, and services developed specifically to solve the complexities of the data center. With this Converged Infrastructure solution and the latest generation of HP technology, the ProLiant DL385 G7 with 12-core AMD Opteron 6100 Processor Series achieved two new records on the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark.

4/10 HP ProLiant DL385 G7 shows amazing 87% greater performance result with core and generation advancements on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The HP ProLiant DL385 with the latest ProLiant Generation 7 technology, AMD Opteron 6176SE Processors, on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0, executed an outstanding result that had 87% greater performance over its previous generation result.

2/10 HP ProLiant DL370 G6: #1 2P on TPC-C

The DL370 G6 holds the number one two-socket result on the TPC-C benchmark. In addition, the DL370 G6 holds the #2 two-socket performance record.

2/10 HP ProLiant DL370 G6: #1 2P on TPC-C

The DL370 G6 holds the number one two-socket result on the TPC-C benchmark. In addition, the DL370 G6 holds the #2 two-socket performance record.

2/10 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 takes #1 TPC-E performance spot

This performance result overcame a similarly-configured two-processor Dell PowerEdge T610. The ProLiant DL380 G6 also triumphed over the IBM x3650 M2 and the Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX300 S5 servers in performance and price/performance.

2/10 ProLiant DL380 G6 with SAP NetWeaver 7.1 sets single-node SPECjEnterprise2010 performance record

An efficient, world-record performance result of 1,144.60 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS was published by a single-node HP ProLiant G6 server with HP converged infrastructure in combination with the SAP NetWeaver technology platform Release 7.1.

12/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 achieves two world record results

Setting more performance records, the HP ProLiant DL380 G6 is the #1 OVERALL performance server on the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Payroll Benchmark for both Large/Extra Large Model and Medium Model.

12/09 Three new HP ProLiant benchmark results display exceptional processor scalability and leading performance with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on two-tier SAP® SD Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The HP ProLiant DL385, ProLiant DL585, and ProLiant DL785 servers provide a great scale-up deployment platform. From 2 to 8 processor systems, the HP ProLiant AMD Opteron server line with SAP applications offers customers an excellent high-performance, multi-operating system infrastructure required for today's adaptive enterprises.

11/09 HP ProLiant SL2x170z G6 is #1 on SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark

The HP ProLiant SL2x170z achieved #1 overall energy efficient performance on the SPECpower_ssjTM2008 benchmark with a score of 2,316 overall ssj_ops/watt.

09/09 HP ProLiant BL490c G6 is the 2-processor leader on VMmark benchmark

With the result of 24.54 @ 17 tiles, the ProLiant BL490c G6 with the newest Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors is the highest performing two-processor server and highest performing two-processor server blade on the VMmark benchmark.

09/09 HP ProLiant DL370 G6 rocks with SSD on SPECweb2009

Another SPECweb2009_JSP world record for HP ProLiant!

• HP Solid State Disk (SSD) performance reigns supreme!
• SSD technology surpasses traditional disks by 75%.

09/09 Undefeated: HP ProLiant DL380 G6 #1 in performance

Maintains performance leadership for non-clustered TPC-H 100GB, #1 in price/performance for SQL Server

• With an outstanding performance result of 51,422.4 QphH@100GB, the HP ProLiant DL380 G6 trounced across all operating systems and database environments in the non-clustered TPC-H 100GB benchmark.
• The HP ProLiant DL380 G6 also achieved the #1 TPC-H 100GB price/performance spot for servers running Microsoft SQL Server with its result of $1.07/QphH@100GB.
• This benchmark is the industry's first ever TPC-H publication using Solid State Disks, demonstrating HP's commitment to high performance technology.

08/09 HP ProLiant BL280 G6: First blade to earn power performance result on SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark

With an excellent energy efficient performance result of 1,877 ssj_ops/watt, the HP ProLiant BL280c G6 was the first blade to earn a spot on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark. The HP BladeSystem continues to expand its portfolio of products specifically designed for high performance and scale-out datacenters with the addition of the BL280c G6 server blade. With outstanding dual-processor performance and price per watt, the BL280c helps reduce overall datacenter power consumption while maintaining high performance.

08/09 HP on CUTTING EDGE with ProLiant BL460c G6 server blade: HP ProLiant BL460c G6 achieves #1 Windows two processor result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The HP ProLiant BL460c G6 earned a #1 Windows two-processor performance result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 on Windows, achieving 3,415 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,670 SAPS. This score outperformed similarly configured Windows two-processor blade, rack, and tower competitors such as Fujitsu, NEC, and Hitachi displaying increased performance by up to more 15% compared to the other scores. Also, the performance scalability for Quad-Core processors for the ProLiant BL460c was improved compared to its previous Quad-Core processor result.

08/09 We are the CHAMPIONS: HP ProLiant DL380 G6 #1 in performance for non-clustered TPC-H 100GB, #1 in price/performance for MS SQL Server, soundly defeats Dell

With an outstanding performance result of 51,180.5 QphH@100GB, the HP ProLiant DL380 G6 trounced across all operating systems and database environments in the non-clustered TPC-H 100GB benchmark, taking the #1 OVERALL record for performance. The HP ProLiant DL380 G6 also achieved the #1 TPC-H 100GB price/performance spot for servers running Microsoft SQL Server with its result of 08/QphH@100GB. This performance result crushed a similarly-configured 2P Dell PowerEdge T610 result by 78% better performance at 35% better price/performance!

07/09 HP ProLiant BL280 G6: First blade to earn power performance result on SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark

With an excellent energy efficient performance result of 1,877 ssj_ops/watt, the HP ProLiant BL280c G6 was the first blade to earn a spot on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark. The HP BladeSystem continues to expand its portfolio of products specifically designed for high performance and scale-out datacenters with the addition of the BL280c G6 server blade. With outstanding dual-processor performance and price per watt, the BL280c helps reduce overall datacenter power consumption while maintaining high performance.

07/09 HP BladeSystem c-Class Sets New World Record with1TB TPC-H Result

ProLiant BL460c joins ONE MILLION CLUB with new result

• The "HP BladeSystem c-Class with HP Oracle Exadata Storage Servers" took the #1 overall 1TB performance spot.* With a superior performance result of 1,166,976.6QphH@1000GB, the HP ProLiant BL460c triumphed across all operating systems and database environments enabled by massive scale-out, very large memory footprint, and high-speed interconnect capabilities of the HP BladeSystem c-Class with a price/performance of $5.42/QphH@1000GB.

06/09 HP achieved #1 power efficient 2P result on SPEC's new web server benchmark with HP ProLiant DL370 G6

• #1 2-processor energy efficient web server performance.
• #1 overall performance.
• Performed 4x the number of transactions while matching competitor's 1P power/performance metric.
• The DL370 G6 achieved a score of SPECweb2009_JSP_Peak 95,634 sus @ 725W overall while maintaining a power/performance metric of SPECweb2009_JSP_Power 103 asus per watt

06/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 earns highest virtualization performance for 2P rack servers

The new generation HP ProLiant DL380 G6 delivers the best 2-processor rack performance for virtualization with its latest record of 24.15 @ 17 tiles in the VMmark benchmark. The ProLiant DL380 G6 result is a virtual winner over other 2‑processor rack server competitors, including Dell and IBM.

05/09 HP ProLiant BL465c G6 and ProLiant DL385 G6 show powerful two-processor performance results on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmarks on Windows

• The HP ProLiant BL465c G6 server blade and the ProLiant DL385 G6 rack server showed excellent performance for two-processor results running Windows on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark. Utilizing the latest AMD Opteron 2400 Series technology, the HP ProLiant BL465c G6 recently achieved 2,355 SAP SD Benchmark users with 12,870 SAPS, while the ProLiant DL385 G6 earned 2,350 SAP SD Benchmark users with 12,830 SAPS.
  
• The HP ProLiant BL465c G6 offers the innovative Generation 6 features and key options that provide dependable, enhanced performance and durability. The HP ProLiant DL385 G6 is the world's best-selling Opteron server and maintains its dominant share in the 2U, 2P market with the new G6 benefits in its rack server format that allows for greater system efficiency, flexibility, and scalability.

05/09 HP ProLiant DL370 G6 and HP ProLiant ML370 G6 - first to break 80,000 on SPECweb2005 benchmark

NEW HP roLiant 370 G6 delivers top SPECweb2005 results - any way you slice it: DL (rack) or ML (tower)!

HP Liant continues to dominate performance leadership with the two-socket Quad-Core HP ProLiant DL370 G6 and the HP ProLiant ML370 G6 by achieving top OVERALL performance results on the SPECweb2005 benchmark. The HP ProLiant DL370 G6 and the HP ProLiant ML370 G6 beat all SPECweb2005 competitors across the board, including Sun and Fujitsu Siemens.

05/09 HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Virtualization Blade: #1 2-socket blade performance on VMmark Benchmark

The new HP oLiant BL490c G6 is the highest performing 2-socket server blade and the highest performing server blade on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 24.24@17 tiles. This result shows that customers have the potential to achieve up to 6,528 Virtual Machines per 42U industry standard rack.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 achieves #1 two-processor performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 with Novell SUSE Linux

Continuing its legacy as a two-processor performance leader, the HP ProLiant DL380 G6 recently achieved 3,171 SAP SD Benchmark users with 17,380 SAPS with the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
This result defeated the Fujitsu Siemens PRIMERGY TX300 S4/RX300 S4 two-socket Linux competitor by up to 37.8% and also beat the IBM system p550 four-socket Linux competitor. The ProLiant DL380 G6 utilized the new enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 (Unicode) that introduced resource-intensive changes, while the competitors ran SAP ERP 6.0 (2005) without the enhancement.

04/09 HP ProLiant BL465c G5 with BL685c: #1 blade result on Oracle E-Business Suite Small Model Benchmark

• Industry-leading blade result across all benchmark metrics for small model single database instance
• HP ProLiant servers hold the TOP 12 POSITIONS for published Oracle E-Business Suite small model benchmarks

04/09 HP ProLiant BL460c G6 achieves #1 two-processor Windows result on two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0
The HP ProLiant BL460c G6 earned a #1 two-processor performance result for the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 4.0 on Windows, achieving 3,310 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,070 SAPS.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 earns #2 spot. New generation ProLiant servers run Windows 2008
The ProLiant DL380 G6 also posted a leading two-processor performance spot for the two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark, achieving 3,300 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,030 SAPS. Both benchmarks ran Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition.

03/09 New HP ProLiant DL370 G6 is #1 in 2P virtualization
The new 2-socket HP ProLiant DL370 G6 with the new Intel W5580 3.2-GHz processors is the highest performing 2 processor server on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 23.96@16 tiles. This score yielded 96 virtual machines.

03/09 Newest generation of HP ProLiant DL380 takes #1 position overall on Oracle E-Business Suite Small Model Benchmark
HP shows its ProLiant leadership with the #1 overall result on Oracle E Business Suite Small Model Benchmark with the two-socket, 8-core HP ProLiant DL380 G6 server. The result defeated IBM's System x3850 four-socket, 8-core server result. With this benchmark, HP now owns the TOP 11 positions for published Oracle E Business Suite Small Model benchmarks.

03/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 surpasses all records with new #1 performance result for SPECweb®2005 benchmark
HP breaks over 70,000 simultaneous sessions with new generation server

HP ProLiant dominates performance leadership with the two-socket Quad-Core ProLiant DL380 G6 by achieving the #1 OVERALL performance result on the SPECweb®2005 benchmark. The ProLiant DL380 G6 beat all SPECweb2005 competitors across the board, including Sun and Fujitsu Siemens.

ProLiant server blade

4/11 HP ProLiant BL620c G7 and BL680c G7 SAP Standard Application Performance Results

Sharper than ever, the HP ProLiant BL620c G7 and BL680c G7 server blades tell a compelling performance story with their two-processor Windows leadership result and excellent four-processor Windows result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark, respectively.

4/11 HP ProLiant BL620c G7 server blade wins #1 two-processor virtualization performance on VMmark® 2.x benchmark

The HP ProLiant BL620c G7 Server Blade earned the #1 two-processor performance result on the VMmark® benchmark. Using two Intel® Xeon® E7-2780 processors. With this result the ProLiant BL620c G7 allows customers to do more with a two-processor server than ever before, due to its balanced architecture making it the world's most scalable two-socket x86 server blade.

4/11 HP ProLiant BL620c G7 server blade takes #1 two-processor virtualization performance on VMmark® 2.x benchmark twice in one month

The HP ProLiant BL620c G7 Server Blade yet again in April 2011 earned the #1 two-processor performance result on the VMmark® benchmark.

4/11 HP ProLiant BL620c G7 server blade achieves #1 two-processor Windows performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark

The HP ProLiant BL620c G7 server blade earned the #1 two-processor Windows performance result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0.

4/11 HP ProLiant BL680c G7 server achieves outstanding four-processor Windows performance results on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark

HP delivers a performance home run with advanced scale-up and high performance on the HP ProLiant BL680c G7 server blade.

2/11 HP prevails as performance leader with 4-processor Windows result for the ProLiant BL680 G7 on the SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark

The HP ProLiant BL680 G7 recently earned the top result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with 10,555 SAP SD benchmark users and 57,620 SAPS, thus reigning as the four processor Windows performance leader on the on this benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0." out of the ProLiant 8p section and move it to the ProLiant BL section.

2/11 HP ProLiant DL585 G7 and BL465c G7 servers achieve excellent four-processor and two-processor Windows performance with AMD Opteron processors on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark

Key Take Aways:

• The HP ProLiant DL585 G7 server achieved an excellent four-processor Windows performance result on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark.
• The HP ProLiant DL585 G7 and HP ProLiant BL680c G7 four-processor Windows results on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark showcase both AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processor based platforms from HP with proven performance results.
• The HP ProLiant DL585 G7 server achieved 6.3% more SAP SD benchmark users than the IBM System x3755 M3 server.
• HP ProLiant BL465c G7 server achieved an excellent two-processor Windows performance result on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark.
• The HP ProLiant BL465c G7 result achieved a 2.3% performance improvement as compared to the result achieved by the HP ProLiant DL385 G7 result on the two-tier SAP SD standard application benchmark.

6/10 HP ProLiant BL685c G7 achieves #1 server blade records

ProLiant x86 server blade takes leadership blade performance and price/performance with #1 server blade performance and price/performance with 1,464.12tpsE@$302.49 USD/tpsE.

04/10 HP ProLiant BL490c G6 #1 8-core blade virtualization performer: Server scores 25.27@17 tiles - 102 virtual machines

The HP ProLiant BL490c G6 with 2.93-GHz Intel® Xeon® X5570 processors beats the Cisco B200 server blade result of 25.06@17 tiles using the same processors and same VMmark Build. Excellent proof point for virtualization solutions.

3/10 HP ProLiant BL460c G6 performance result tells outstanding scalability story with the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

With an excellent performance benchmark result of 4,705 SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) users with 25,700 SAPS, the ProLiant BL460c G6 Blade Server displayed compelling scalability with 37.7% greater performance over its previous result on the SAP SD standard application benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application 6.0.

3/10 HP announces industry's first-ever all-in-one SPECjAppServer2004 benchmark with HP Converged Infrastructure solution

Complementing HP Converged Infrastructure, HP announced the industry's first-ever all-bladed SPECjAppServer2004. This self-contained multi-tier application infrastructure, optimized for high performance, energy, and space efficiency, achieved world-record performance status with 11,067.68 SPECjAppServer2004 JOPS@Standard.

01/10 #1 Blade: HP ProLiant BL2x220c G6 takes lead on power performance

The HP ProLiant BL2x220c G6 combines outstanding compute performance and energy savings to give customers the ability to make the most of their datacenter. With the outstanding energy efficient performance result of 2,113 overall ssj_ops/watt, the HP ProLiant BL2x220c G6 earned the #1 spot for server blades on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark.

09/09 HP ProLiant BL490c G6 is the 2-processor leader on VMmark benchmark

With the result of 24.54 @ 17 tiles, the ProLiant BL490c G6 with the newest Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors is the highest performing two-processor server and highest performing two-processor server blade on the VMmark benchmark.

08/09 HP ProLiant BL280 G6: First blade to earn power performance result on SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark

With an excellent energy efficient performance result of 1,877 ssj_ops/watt, the HP ProLiant BL280c G6 was the first blade to earn a spot on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark. The HP BladeSystem continues to expand its portfolio of products specifically designed for high performance and scale-out datacenters with the addition of the BL280c G6 server blade. With outstanding dual-processor performance and price per watt, the BL280c helps reduce overall datacenter power consumption while maintaining high performance.

08/09 ‘Power'ful, low wattage, high density, HP EXCLUSIVE: HP ProLiant BL680c G5 shows excellent performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The HP ProLiant BL680c G5 showed its four processor performance proficiency with outstanding results on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 on Windows, achieving 3,058 SAP SD Benchmark users with 16,680 SAPS. Utilizing the HP exclusive 90 watt Intel® Xeon® X7458, this score outperforms the NEC Express5800 Model R140a server similarly configured with four Intel Xeon X7460 processors that operate at 130 watts. As an EXCLUSIVE for HP, and designed to keep pace with strenuous computing demands, the HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server now supports the high performance Intel Xeon E7458 processor featuring six cores at 2.4GHz and 16MB of L3 cache while utilizing only 90 watts. This compares to the X7460 at 130 watts. No other server boasts the capability to support the Intel® Xeon® E7458 processor.

08/09 HP on CUTTING EDGE with ProLiant BL460c G6 server blade: HP ProLiant BL460c G6 achieves #1 Windows two processor result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The HP ProLiant BL460c G6 earned a #1 Windows two-processor performance result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 on Windows, achieving 3,415 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,670 SAPS. This score outperformed similarly configured Windows two-processor blade, rack, and tower competitors such as Fujitsu, NEC, and Hitachi displaying increased performance by up to more 15% compared to the other scores. Also, the performance scalability for Quad-Core processors for the ProLiant BL460c was improved compared to its previous Quad-Core processor result.

07/09 HP ProLiant BL685c G6: #1 blade performance on VMmark Benchmark

• The new HP ProLiant BL685c G6 with new 2.6-GHz Six-Core AMD OpteronTM processors is the highest performing server blade on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 29.19@20 tiles.
• With this result, customers have the potential to achieve up to 3,840 Virtual Machines per 42U industry standard rack.

05/09 HP ProLiant BL685c G6 Server Blade achieves #1 four-processor result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with the SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

• The HP ProLiant BL685c G6 earned a #1 four-processor result on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application on Windows, achieving 4,422 SAP SD Benchmark users with 24,230 SAPS.
• With SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0, the HP ProLiant BL685c G6 4 processors/24 cores/24 threads result achieved more than twice the performance of the 4 processors/16 cores/16 threads Dell PowerEdge M905 result and just 63 fewer SAP SD Benchmark users than the 8 processors/48 cores/48 threads result of the NEC Express5800 A1160.
• With SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0, the performance scalability for Six-Core processors for the ProLiant BL685c G6 was 42% better when compared to its previous Quad-Core result.
• Comparing the 2-processor/12-core BL465c G6 configuration (2,355 SAP SD Benchmark users) to the 4-processor/24-core BL685c G6 configuration (4,422 SAP SD Benchmark users) shows six-core two-processor to four-processor scaling of 87.7%.

05/09 HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Virtualization Blade: #1 2-socket blade performance on VMmark Benchmark

The new HP oLiant BL490c G6 is the highest performing 2-socket server blade and the highest performing server blade on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 24.24@17 tiles. This result shows that customers have the potential to achieve up to 6,528 Virtual Machines per 42U industry standard rack.

04/09 HP ProLiant BL685c G6: #1 4-socket blade virtualization performance on VMmark Benchmark

The new HP ProLiant BL685c G6 with new 2.9-GHz Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors is the highest performing server blade on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 20.87@14 tiles.
With this result, customers have the potential to achieve up to 2,688 Virtual Machines per 42U industry standard rack.

04/09 HP ProLiant BL465c G5 with BL685c: #1 blade result on Oracle E-Business Suite Small Model Benchmark

• Industry-leading blade result across all benchmark metrics for small model single database instance
• HP ProLiant servers hold the TOP 12 POSITIONS for published Oracle E-Business Suite small model benchmarks

04/09 HP ProLiant BL460c G6 achieves #1 two-processor Windows result on two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0
The HP ProLiant BL460c G6 earned a #1 two-processor performance result for the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 4.0 on Windows, achieving 3,310 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,070 SAPS.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 earns #2 spot. New generation ProLiant servers run Windows 2008
The ProLiant DL380 G6 also posted a leading two-processor performance spot for the two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark, achieving 3,300 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,030 SAPS. Both benchmarks ran Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition.

03/09 ProLiant BL680c G5 upgrade shows increased performance advantage on VMmark benchmark
Upgrading to the next HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server with the latest Intel Xeon server processor shows a VMmark performance advantage of over 16%. HP ProLiant servers also extend the savings from virtualization to a lower ongoing cost of ownership via HP Thermal Logic Technology. ONLY HP offers the most choice with the Intel 7000 sequence blade offerings.