Solutions for Small and Medium Business Powered by Intel® Xeon® Processor Based Servers

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In business, growth is good. Ensuring that your technology and infrastructure keep up with growth is even better. Finding the right servers to meet your needs today and tomorrow can be the key to sustaining that growth. More than equipment, servers are the foundation of a dependable IT infrastructure.

Intel® Xeon® processor based servers offer a range of solutions designed to meet the needs of your business. With Intel, you have the benefit of proven reliability, the operational advantages of using server technology developed specifically for small and medium businesses, the confidence that comes from working with a market leader, and a more intelligent server processor with our next-generation Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series.

Experience the Performance, Reliability, and Intelligence of Intel® Xeon® Processor Based Servers

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Use these guidelines to determine your unique server needs. Although every business is different and may require a distinct solution, your reseller will help you find the right server solution for your needs.

If any of the following are true for your business, consider a 2-socket-based server:

•Businessuptimeanddataprotectionarecritical

•Yourbusinessisgrowing(greatervolume,newemployees,additionaloffices)

•YouplantodeployMicrosoftWindowsServer2008*

•Youwanttoconsolidateserverstoreducecosts

Other deciding factors:

•Doesyourbusinessdependondatastoredonacentralcomputer?

•Doyouneedrobustdatabackup?

•Doyouuseorplantousedatabases?

•Domultipleusersremotelyaccessthesamedata?

•Doesyourstaffsharefilesacrossnetworkedcomputers?

•Doyouhostyourownwebsiteorengageine-commerce?

•Areyouconcernedaboutdatasecurityandprotection?

•Arethevolumesofe-mailandsitevisitsyoureceiveimpactingresponsiveness?

If you answer yes to the majority of these questions, you need a 2-socket-based server.

If you answer yes to only a few of these questions, consider a 1-socket-based server.

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Understanding Your Server Options

1-SOcket-bASed Server:A fIrSt Server fOr SmAll bUSIneSS

2-SOcket-bASed Server:A mOre cApAble Server fOr A grOwIng bUSIneSS

Business Size / Employees Smallbusinesswith<50employees Smalltomediumbusinesswith50–999employees

Business Sites Singlelocation Singletomultiplelocations

Current Server Technology DesktopPCsusedasservers,noserveratall 1or2to≈25servers

Typical Application and Server Usage Customerrecords,supplierdata,orotherinformationstoredonacentralcomputer,filesharingacrossnetworkedcomputers,multipleuserstryingtoaccessthesamedata,remoteaccess/VPN

File/printserver,basice-mail,webserver,smalldatabaseserver,e-commerceserver

Moredata-intensiveserverneedsforfile,print,e-mail,web,database,e-commerce;serversaccessed24/7;remotemanagement,CRM,ERPapplications

Looking for a Server That Will: Supportgrowth—moreemployees,moresoftwareapplications,server-classoperatingsystems(e.g.,MicrosoftWindowsServer*2008)

Cost-effectivelyhandleexpandingbusinessfunctions

Supportmoreoffices,enableconsolidation/virtualization

Key Concerns / Challenges Businessuptime,dataprotectionandstorage,value,lackofITstaff

Businessuptime,dataprotectionandstorage,performance,aginginfrastructure

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A real Server for real businessWithmultipleusersandexpandingapplications,yourbusinessisreadyforaserverbuiltusingprocessorsdesignedtohandlegreaterdemands.Provenreliabilityandcost-optimizedperformancemakeIntelXeonprocessorbasedserversthebestanswer.Forfileorprintsharing,simplebackup,securitymanagementandlow-volumee-mail,1-socket-basedserversofferacost-effectivesolutiondesignedtogrowwithyourneeds.Andwitheasydeploymentandmanageability,theydelivergreatercost-efficiencyoverthelong-term.

A real server offers your business important benefits versus using a desktop server:

•Intelligentperformancethatadaptstoyourbusinessneeds

•Built-inreliability

•Robustavailabilityandbusinessuptime

•Greaterprotectionfordigitalassets

•Roomforfuturegrowth

more performance for more productivityYourservershavedonethejobsofar,butyou’reseeingthestrainsofoutdatedtechnology,managingmultiplesystemsandlocations,andthegrowingfootprintofpiecemealserverman-agement.Updatedserverscanalsoenhancetheperformanceofnewapplicationsoroperatingsystems.WithserversbasedonthelatestIntelXeonprocessors,yourbusinesswillhavetheheadroomtohandlebiggerdataloadsandmorepeople,anddelivertheperformancethatyourcustomersandemployeesdemand,withfewerservers.

Updating your servers can offer you:

•Optimalsupportforthelatestapplications

•Newhardwarewithwarrantysupport

•Abilitytoconsolidateservers

•Reducedtotalcostofownershipduetolowermaintenancecosts,moreefficientpowerusage,andlessdowntime

•Serversthatrequirelessspace,uselessenergy,andmakelessnoise

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Giveyourbusinesstheautomatedperformanceand24/7reliabilityitneedstoday,andplentyofroomtogrowtomorrow,withaserverbuiltusingtheIntel®Xeon®processor3400series.Thesenewentry-levelprocessorsoffergreaterprotectionforyourdigitalassetsaswellasintelligentperformancethatadaptstoyourworkload.YourPC-basedserversimplycan’tkeepup.

Improve Uptime and productivity

Arealserverisdesigned,built,andvalidatedtooperateallday,everyday,regardlessofbusinessdemands.Andwithmorethanthreetimestheperformanceofa>3-year-olddesktopprocessor-basedserver1,arealservercanimproveproductivityandsupportadditionalusersandnewapplications.

get more protection

Centralizeddataprotectionwithautomatedbackups,recovery,anddispatchofupdatestogetherwitherror-correctingmemorydeliverthedependabilitythatyourbusinessneedsandyourcustomerscounton.

with a server built on the Intel® Xeon® processor 3400 series, your business will benefit from:

•Greaterthan3Xtheperformanceover>3-year-olddesktop-basedservers1

•Automaticcorrectionofthemajorityofsoftmemoryerrorswithoutrebooting

•ExpandablememoryandGigabitnetworkingtokeepemployeesproductiveasyourbusinessgrows

Ensure that your first real server adapts to the unique needs of your business by choosing a server based on the Intel Xeon processor 3400 series.

A First Server to Keep Your Business Running Strong

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Up to 2x Up to 3.2x Up to 1.4xUp to 5.9x Up to 5.4x

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Intel® Core™2 Duoprocessor E7200

Intel® Pentium® Dprocessor 945

Intel® Pentium® 4processor 631

Intel® Core™2 Quadprocessor Q8300

Intel® Xeon®processor X3380

Intel® Xeon®processor 3470

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relative performance of Intel® Xeon® processor 3400 series over previous-generation client processors in small business workload

Increased Performance for Enhanced Productivity With the Intel® Xeon® Processor 3400 Series2

Datasource:RelativeperformancebasedonIntelinternalmeasurementandpublishedresultsasofSeptember8,2009

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key advantages of Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series

compared to installed single-core servers, new Intel® Xeon® processor based servers enable:

•Upto9xbetterperformanceperserver3

•18%lowerenergycostsperserver4

consolidate with the new Intel Xeon processor 5500 series and achieve:

•9:1serverconsolidationratio5

•Upto90%loweroperatingcosts5

•Estimatedeight-monthpaybackoninvestment5

Rely on a server built using the Intel Xeon processor 5000 sequence, the most widely deployed Intel server processors, for enhanced performance and increased productivity.

Getgreatperformance,energy,andcost-efficiency,andplentyofroomtogrowandvirtualizeinthefuturewiththeIntel®Xeon®processor5500series.Thisnext-generationprocessoroffersthemaximumperformancethatyouneedtotakeonagivenworkload,andthenreducespoweraccordinglywhenidle.Italladdsuptointelligentperformancethatkeepsenergycostslow.

contain costs

RefreshingyourserverswithonesbuiltusingthenewestIntelXeonprocessorscanimproveyouroverallbusinessper-formanceaswellasreducetotalcostofownership.Youalsohavetheadvantageofnewhardwarewithwarrantysupportandlowermaintenancecosts.

protect what matters

Keepyourdatasafeandsoundwithbuilt-inErrorCorrectingCode(ECC)andIntel®RAIDstoragetoenhancecorrectionandreducedataloss.

Update Your Equipment with an Intelligent Server

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Dramatic Performance Improvements with the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series

relative performance of Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series over previous-generation processors6

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Is virtualization Only for large enterprise?Absolutelynot.EvensmallandmediumbusinessescantakeadvantageofIntel®technology-basedvirtualizationsolutionstoconsolidatemoreapplicationsonfewerphysicalserversandlowermanagementcosts.Avirtualizedserverenvironmentalsomakesservermanagementanddisasterrecoveryeasier.

why virtualize with Intel Xeon processors?

performance

Whilevirtualizationisprimarilyaccomplishedthroughsoftware,hardwaredoesmatter.TheIntelXeonprocessor5500seriesisthefirstplatformwithend-to-endhardwarevirtualization,includingtheprocessor,chipset,andnetwork.Infact,theIntel®Xeon®processorX5570deliversmorethantwotimesthevirtualizationperformanceofprevious-generationprocessors7.

Innovation

Intel®VirtualizationTechnology(Intel®VT)offersabroadrangeof“hardwareassist”featurestoenhancethebenefitsofvirtualizedserversacrossavarietyofapplicationsandoperatingsystems.IntelVTadvantagesareplatform-wide,withprocessor,chipset,andnetworktechnologiesallworkingtogethertooptimizevirtualization.

compatibility

Supportformixed32-bitand64-bitoperatingsystemsandapplicationsmeansgreaterflexibilityandscalability.AndstandardizingonIntel®architectureensurescompatibilityasyouexpandyourinfrastructure.

Support

Intelworkswithawideecosystemofsoftwareandhardwarevendorstodevelopandsupportindustry-leadingvirtualizationsolutions.

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1 2007: Baseline configuration and score on benchmark: Intel® DQ45CB motherboard with one Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q8300 (2.50 GHz, 4-MB L2 cache), 4-GB memory (4x1-GB DDR2 800), Windows Vista Ultimate SP1* (64-bit). Score: 56.3. Source: www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2009q2/cpu2006-20090608-07735.html. 2009: Configuration and score on benchmark: Intel® BIK Beta system with one Intel® Xeon® processor X3470 (Quad-Core, 2.93 GHz, 8-MB L3 cache), EIST enabled, Turbo enabled, Intel® HyperThreading Technology (HT Technology) enabled, 8-GB memory (4x2-GB DDR3-1333 RDIMM ECC), 146-GB SATA 10,000 RPM hard drive, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server* 11 for x86_64. Source: Intel internal testing as of August 31, 2009. Scores:111 for SPECint*_rate_base2006.

2 Relative performance based on SPECint*_rate_base2000/SPECint*_rate_base2006. 2004: Baseline configuration and score on benchmark: Intel® D945GPM motherboard with Intel® Pentium® 4 processor 631 (3.0 GHz, 2-MB L2 Cache), 2 GB (2x1-GB DDR2-667), Windows XP Professional SP2*. Score: 18.8. Source: www.spec.org/osg/cpu2000/results/res2006q3/cpu2000-20060904-07211.html. 2005: Baseline configuration and score on benchmark: Fujitsu Siemens PRIM-ERGY RX100 S4* with one Intel® Pentium® D processor 945 (3.4 GHz, 2-MB L2 cache), 8-GB memory (4x2-GB DDR2 PC2-4200E), SUSE Linux SLES10*. Score: 20.6. Source:www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q3/cpu2006-20070619-01287.html. 2006: Baseline configuration and score on benchmark: Intel DQ45CB motherboard with one Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E7200 (2.53 GHz, 3-MB L2 cache), 4 GB memory (4x1-GB DDR2 800), Windows Vista Ultimate SP1* (64-bit). Score: 34.2. Source: www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2009q2/cpu2006-20090608-07751.html. 2007: Baseline configuration and score on benchmark: Intel DQ45CB motherboard with one Intel Core 2 Quad processor Q8300 (2.50 GHz, 4-MB L2 cache), 4-GB memory (4x1-GB DDR2 800), Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (64-bit). Score: 56.3. Source:www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2009q2/cpu2006-20090608-07735.html. 2008: New configuration and score on benchmark: Supermicro X7SBE* with one Intel® Xeon® processor X3380 (Quad-Core, 3.16 GHz, 2x6-MB L2 cache, 1333-MHz system bus), EIST enabled, C1E enabled, 8-GB memory (4x2-GB DDR2-800 unbuffered ECC), 146-GB SATA 10,000 RPM hard drive, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86_64. Source: Intel internal testing as of May 2009. A rate base score of (79.2) for SPECint_rate_base2006. 2009: Configuration and score on benchmark: Intel BIK Beta system with one Intel Xeon processor X3470 (Quad-Core, 2.93 GHz, 8-MB L3 cache), EIST enabled, Turbo enabled, HT Technology enabled, 8-GB memory (4x2-GB DDR3-1333 RDIMM ECC), 146-GB SATA 10000 RPM hard drive, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86_64. Source: Intel internal testing as of August 31, 2009. Score:111 for SPECint_rate_base2006.

3 Intel estimates as of November 2008. Performance comparison using SPECjbb2005* business operations per second (bops). Results estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided for informational purposes only. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. For detailed calculations, configurations, and assumptions, visit www.intel.com/performance

4 Intel estimates as of November 2008. Energy-consumption comparisons measured while running SPECjbb2005 bops. Results estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided for informational purposes only. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. For detailed calculations, configurations, and assumptions, visitwww.intel.com/performance

5 Intel estimates as of Nov 2008. Eight-month payback is an Intel estimate based on comparing the cost savings achieved in 9:1 server consolidation from both power/cooling and OS licensing versus the estimated cost of purchasing a new server featuring Intel Xeon processor 5500 series. Results have been estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided for informational purposes only. Performance comparison using SPECjbb2005 bops. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. For detailed calculations, configurations, and assumptions, visit www.intel.com/performance

6 Data source: Based on Intel internal measurement and published results as of December 10, 2008. Each bar represents overall performance of a given platform derived by computing the geomean of five key industry-standard benchmarks: SPECint*_rate_base2006, SPECfp*_rate_base2006, SPECjbb*2005, SAP-SD* 2-Tier, and TPC*-C. The platforms shown are as follows (from left to right): single-core Intel® Xeon® processor 3.60 GHz with 1-MB L2 cache (“Nocona” 3.60 with “Lindenhurst” chipset, year 2004), single-core 64-bit Intel® Xeon® processor 3.80 GHz with 2-MB L2 cache (“Irwindale” 3.80 with “Lindenhurst” chipset, year 2005), dual-core Intel® Xeon® processor 5160 (“Woodcrest” 3.0 with “Blackford” chipset, year 2006), quad-core Intel® Xeon® processor X5365 (“Clovertown” 3.0 with “Blackford” chipset, year 2007), and quad-core Intel® Xeon® processor X5470 (“Harpertown” 3.33 with “Blackford” chipset, year 2008) or Intel® Xeon® proces-sor X5482 (“Harpertown” 3.20 with “Seaburg” chipset, year 2008), Intel® Xeon® processor X5570 (code-named “Nehalem-EP” 2.93 with “Tylersburg-EP” chipset, year 2009) .

7 Up to 2.10x virtualization performance compared to Intel® Xeon® 5400 series claim supported by performance results on VMmark* benchmark. Intel Xeon processor X5470 data based on published results. Intel Xeon X5570 Intel internal measurement. (Feb 2009) Configuration details: VMmark benchmark. Baseline: Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor X5470 based platform. Details: HP Proliant* ML370 G5 server platform with two Quad-Core Intel Xeon processors X5470, 3.33 GHz, 2x6-MB L2 cache, 1333-MHz FSB, 48-GB memory, VMware ESX* V3.5. Update 3 Published at 9.15@7 tiles. New platform: Intel preproduction server platform with two Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor X5570, 2.93 GHz, 8-MB L3 cache, 6.4 QPI, 72-GB memory (18x4-GB DDR3-800), VMware ESX Build 140815. Performance measured at 19.51@13 tiles.

Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel® products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing. For more information on performance tests and on the performance of Intel products, visit www.intel.com/performance/server/index.htm

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