Mainframes White Papers
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.
| Publisher | IBM | File Format | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Published | April 2009 | ||
| Format | White Papers | ||
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