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Comparing Two- and Four- Socket Platforms for Server Virtulisation

Overview Intel IT compared the performance of two and four processor-socket servers with Intel quad-core processors in a virtualized environment. Our results showed that for memory capacity-limited scenarios-keeping TCO consistent- a deployment stratagy utilizing four-socket servers can support approximately 15% more virtual machines than a deployment strategy based on two-socket servers.

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PublisherIBM File FormatPDF
Date PublishedApril 2009
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