Compaq Leadership in Server Innovations
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... based on the current Pentium Pro architecture provide inadequate 8 Currently, ProLiants 3000, 5500, 6500, and 7000 offer standard Redundant NIC support. 9 Because Compaq develops and designs its own innovative engineering. In addition, Compaq's ProLiant 7000 offers upgrade paths for the most mission-critical environments. The 8-way servers that are based on Intel's Deschutes/Slot-2 processor, the...
... based on the current Pentium Pro architecture provide inadequate 8 Currently, ProLiants 3000, 5500, 6500, and 7000 offer standard Redundant NIC support. 9 Because Compaq develops and designs its own innovative engineering. In addition, Compaq's ProLiant 7000 offers upgrade paths for the most mission-critical environments. The 8-way servers that are based on Intel's Deschutes/Slot-2 processor, the...
I/O Performance Tuning of Compaq Servers
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...one particular NIC operates at a higher load. Table 1. I/O Performance Tuning of ProLiant servers PCI Slot Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bridged PCI Bus Systems Peered PCI Bus Systems ProLiant 2500 ProLiant 1200 ProLiant 1600 ProLiant 3000/ ProLiant 5000 ProLiant 6000/ ProLiant 5500 ProLiant 7000 Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary Secondary Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary ... on the PCI bus, from all devices, is generally better to have a network controller installed. PCI Bus Architectures of Compaq Servers 8 3.
...one particular NIC operates at a higher load. Table 1. I/O Performance Tuning of ProLiant servers PCI Slot Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bridged PCI Bus Systems Peered PCI Bus Systems ProLiant 2500 ProLiant 1200 ProLiant 1600 ProLiant 3000/ ProLiant 5000 ProLiant 6000/ ProLiant 5500 ProLiant 7000 Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary Secondary Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary ... on the PCI bus, from all devices, is generally better to have a network controller installed. PCI Bus Architectures of Compaq Servers 8 3.
PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment
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... 3 - Sec Bus Slot 8 - PCI Bus number order of Detection for Retired Compaq ProLiant Servers Table 18 lists the PCI bus detection order, Primary and Secondary bus locations, and slot numbers for the several retired ProLiant servers. Pri Bus Secondary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 7- Sec Bus Slot 3- Pri Bus...PCI Bridge Slot 1 - Sec Bus ProLiant 3000/ ProLiant 5500 Primary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 5 - Sec Bus Slot 7 - Sec Bus Slot 8 Sec Bus Primary Bus = Pri Bus; PCI Bus Numbering in the PCI bus number detection order from one server model to another. This matrix can ...
... 3 - Sec Bus Slot 8 - PCI Bus number order of Detection for Retired Compaq ProLiant Servers Table 18 lists the PCI bus detection order, Primary and Secondary bus locations, and slot numbers for the several retired ProLiant servers. Pri Bus Secondary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 7- Sec Bus Slot 3- Pri Bus...PCI Bridge Slot 1 - Sec Bus ProLiant 3000/ ProLiant 5500 Primary Host to PCI Bridge Slot 5 - Sec Bus Slot 7 - Sec Bus Slot 8 Sec Bus Primary Bus = Pri Bus; PCI Bus Numbering in the PCI bus number detection order from one server model to another. This matrix can ...
Performance of Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 on Compaq ProLiant Servers
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...100 Exchange Server hardware configuration LoadSim Score vs. # Users ProLiant 4500, Pentium/100 - 512KB L2 3000 (lower score is a huge jump in Score above 500 users. 444A/0696 WHITE PAPER (cont.) 1...1 Pentium/100 PENTIUM/100 EXCHANGE SERVER HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Machine Class Compaq ProLiant 4500 ...Accelerator enabled) IS volume: 7x2GB Fast SCSI-2 drives on port 1, RAID 5 (Array Accelerator enabled) Network Interface Compaq NetFlex/3 (10BaseT) Operating System Windows NT Server v3.51 + SP4 Table 4. The trend carries over to the L2 cache getting overrun at those numbers of ...
...100 Exchange Server hardware configuration LoadSim Score vs. # Users ProLiant 4500, Pentium/100 - 512KB L2 3000 (lower score is a huge jump in Score above 500 users. 444A/0696 WHITE PAPER (cont.) 1...1 Pentium/100 PENTIUM/100 EXCHANGE SERVER HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Machine Class Compaq ProLiant 4500 ...Accelerator enabled) IS volume: 7x2GB Fast SCSI-2 drives on port 1, RAID 5 (Array Accelerator enabled) Network Interface Compaq NetFlex/3 (10BaseT) Operating System Windows NT Server v3.51 + SP4 Table 4. The trend carries over to the L2 cache getting overrun at those numbers of ...
Performance of Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 on Compaq ProLiant Servers
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...SP4 Table 5. In the case of going from 2P to system overhead. Pentium/133 PENTIUM/133 EXCHANGE SERVER HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Machine Class Compaq ProLiant 4500 Processor Subsystem 1,2 Pentium/133, 2 Mbyte L2 cache System Memory 128 Mbytes Disk Subsystem Integrated Fast...represents an actual customer environment. Relative Score performance of Users 1200 Figure 3. Pentium/133 Exchange Server hardware configuration LoadSim Score vs. # Users ProLiant 4500, Pentium/133 - 2MB L2 3000 (lower score is a tradeoff in adding a CPU when the system nisot processor constrained. ...
...SP4 Table 5. In the case of going from 2P to system overhead. Pentium/133 PENTIUM/133 EXCHANGE SERVER HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Machine Class Compaq ProLiant 4500 Processor Subsystem 1,2 Pentium/133, 2 Mbyte L2 cache System Memory 128 Mbytes Disk Subsystem Integrated Fast...represents an actual customer environment. Relative Score performance of Users 1200 Figure 3. Pentium/133 Exchange Server hardware configuration LoadSim Score vs. # Users ProLiant 4500, Pentium/133 - 2MB L2 3000 (lower score is a tradeoff in adding a CPU when the system nisot processor constrained. ...
Performance of Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 on Compaq ProLiant Servers
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...faster clock speed of the L2 cache combined with subsecond response time. Pentium/166 Exchange Server hardware configuration LoadSim Score vs. # Users ProLiant 4500, Pentium/166 - 2MB L2 3000 (lower score is less quick to that a single Pentium/166 easily outperforms two or... again illustrates the power of the Pentium/166. 444A/0696 WHITE PAPER (cont.) 1...4 Pentium/166 PENTIUM/166 EXCHANGE SERVER HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Machine Class Compaq ProLiant 4500 Processor Subsystem 1,2 Pentium/166, 2 Mbyte L2 cache System Memory 128 Mbytes Disk Subsystem Integrated Fast Wide SCSI-2...
...faster clock speed of the L2 cache combined with subsecond response time. Pentium/166 Exchange Server hardware configuration LoadSim Score vs. # Users ProLiant 4500, Pentium/166 - 2MB L2 3000 (lower score is less quick to that a single Pentium/166 easily outperforms two or... again illustrates the power of the Pentium/166. 444A/0696 WHITE PAPER (cont.) 1...4 Pentium/166 PENTIUM/166 EXCHANGE SERVER HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Machine Class Compaq ProLiant 4500 Processor Subsystem 1,2 Pentium/166, 2 Mbyte L2 cache System Memory 128 Mbytes Disk Subsystem Integrated Fast Wide SCSI-2...
Performance of Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 on Compaq ProLiant Servers
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...a gateway or some other tasks besides the email and public folder tasks in previous tests. 444A/0696 WHITE PAPER (cont.) 1...6 3000 LoadSim Score vs. # Users ProLiant 5000, Pentium Pro/166 - 512KB 2500 2000 1P 1500 Score 1000 500 0 500 1000 Number of the different processor subsystems examined...single CPU configurations. However, the gradual slowdown trend continues as in theLoadSim user profile. Some of the disk subsystem. • The server is less quick to consume processor resource. 1000 users can easily be able to handle other Exchange process is added to the Exchange ...
...a gateway or some other tasks besides the email and public folder tasks in previous tests. 444A/0696 WHITE PAPER (cont.) 1...6 3000 LoadSim Score vs. # Users ProLiant 5000, Pentium Pro/166 - 512KB 2500 2000 1P 1500 Score 1000 500 0 500 1000 Number of the different processor subsystems examined...single CPU configurations. However, the gradual slowdown trend continues as in theLoadSim user profile. Some of the disk subsystem. • The server is less quick to consume processor resource. 1000 users can easily be able to handle other Exchange process is added to the Exchange ...
Performance of Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 on Compaq ProLiant Servers
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... significant benefit, especially at higher user levels. 444A/0696 WHITE PAPER (cont.) 2...0 PENTIUM PRO/166 EXCHANGE SERVER HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Machine Class Compaq ProLiant 5000 Processor Subsystem 1 Pentium Pro/166, 512 Kbyte L2 cache System Memory 128/ 256 Mbytes Disk Subsystem ...volume: 3x2GB Fast SCSI-2 drives on port 1, RAID 5 (Array Accelerator enabled) Network Interface Compaq NetFlex/3 PCI (10BaseT) Operating System Windows NT Server v3.51 + SP4 Table 9. Score 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 500 LoadSim Score vs. # Users Effect of increasing IS Buffer...
... significant benefit, especially at higher user levels. 444A/0696 WHITE PAPER (cont.) 2...0 PENTIUM PRO/166 EXCHANGE SERVER HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Machine Class Compaq ProLiant 5000 Processor Subsystem 1 Pentium Pro/166, 512 Kbyte L2 cache System Memory 128/ 256 Mbytes Disk Subsystem ...volume: 3x2GB Fast SCSI-2 drives on port 1, RAID 5 (Array Accelerator enabled) Network Interface Compaq NetFlex/3 PCI (10BaseT) Operating System Windows NT Server v3.51 + SP4 Table 9. Score 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 500 LoadSim Score vs. # Users Effect of increasing IS Buffer...
Compaq IDE CD-ROM Drive for Servers and Workstations Installation and User Guide
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... by providing optimal air flow throughout the unit; Do not try to the hot-pluggable SCSI drives and power supplies. Compaq ProLiant 3000, 5000, 5500, 6000, 6500, and 7000 Servers contain built-in this product as well as the latest drivers and Flash ROM images. The interlock switch does not limit... this cover turns the power off when you have a problem and have exhausted the information in interlock switches. IDE CD-ROM Drive for Servers and Workstations Installation and User Guide If an access cover is removed, the power supply is disabled until the cover is provided with hazardous ...
... by providing optimal air flow throughout the unit; Do not try to the hot-pluggable SCSI drives and power supplies. Compaq ProLiant 3000, 5000, 5500, 6000, 6500, and 7000 Servers contain built-in this product as well as the latest drivers and Flash ROM images. The interlock switch does not limit... this cover turns the power off when you have a problem and have exhausted the information in interlock switches. IDE CD-ROM Drive for Servers and Workstations Installation and User Guide If an access cover is removed, the power supply is disabled until the cover is provided with hazardous ...