AMD Virtualization -- Take Charge

Virtualization Update

Virtualization Use Cases
Business Continuity
Improve disaster recovery
Enable geographic diversification
Add high availability options
Test and Development
Improve resource utilization
Provision new applications in minutes
Increase user uptime
Hosted Client
Improve data and application security
Simplify management
Reduce client infrastructure costs
Consolidation
Minimize capital expenditures
Reduce operating costs
Increase server utilization rates

The Virtualization Platform
2 Socket Server
Users who want fewer VMs per server to minimize risk
Environments where backup constraints limit the number of VMs per server
Consolidation platform for remote offices or smaller sites
Virtualizing to improve management: disaster recovery, business continuity, test and development
Virtualizing to support legacy applications running on older operating systems
4 Socket Server
Users who want fewer, larger servers with more VMs per box
Users who need more robust VMs to run demanding applications (databases, SAP)
Consolidation platform for data centers minimizing footprint
Headroom needed for scaling growing workload or handling peak demands
Offers more ‘capabilities’ such as processors/cores, memory, I/O ports and reliability features
Confidential - Internal AMD only

Virtualization Performance Evaluations
Consolidation Benchmarks
VMware’s VMmark
Cost per VM Evaluations – price/performance
AMD’s cost per VM evaluations
“ Real World” Workload Evaluations
AnandTech’s vAPUS Mark I
Virtualization Overhead Evaluation
VMware’s SPECweb2005 submissions
HP’s Server Based Computing evaluations

Understanding VMmark Benchmark http://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/overview.html VMmark Benchmark Real World IT Environment Number of Tiles represents number of VMs - a tile is a collection of 6 VMs, and VMs are increased by adding more tiles Number of VMs per server depends on the characteristics of the workload with new VMs added individually as needed Benchmark Score is an aggregate of normalized individual VM scores Individual VM performance is important to achieving a desired user service level Top VMmark Score is achieved by running a large number of tiles (VMs) per server
Responses to SearchDataCenter.com’s 2008 Purchasing Intentions Survey:
61% run less than 10 VMs per server
33% run 10 to 25 VMs per server
5% run more than 25 VMs on a server
http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid80_gci1329227,00.html
VMs are running throttled workloads VM workloads fluctuate based on demand One client is used to drive a tile (6 VMs) Multiple clients drive one VM VMs are running “sub-tests” derived from commonly used load-generation tools VM are running real applications Mocks a consolidation use case comprised of multiple, moderately used VMs Consolidation is just one of several use cases for virtualization

Latest VMmark Scores AMD has leading score in 5 of 6 categories http://www.vmware.com/products/vmmark/results.html System Description VMmark Version & Score Processors, Sockets, & Threads Published Date 48 core HP ProLiant DL785 G6 "Istanbul" 2.8GHz, 256GB DDR2 VMware ESX 4.0 VMmark v1.1 53.73 @ 35 tiles 8 sockets 48 total cores 48 threads 8/25/2009 32 core HP ProLiant DL785 G5 "Shanghai" 3.1 GHz, 256GB DDR2 VMware ESX 4.0 VMmark v1.1 31.56@21 tiles 8 sockets 32 total cores 32 threads 6/2/2009 24 core HP ProLiant DL585 G6 "Istanbul" 2.6 GHz VMware ESX 4.0 VMmark v1.1 29.99@20 tiles 4 sockets 24 total cores 24 threads 7/14/2009 16 core Dell PowerEdge M905 "Shanghai" 3.1 GHz, 128GB DDR2 VMware ESX v4.0 VMmark v1.1.1 22.90@17 tiles 4 sockets 16 total cores 16 threads 6/19/2009 12 core HP ProLiant DL385 G6 "Istanbul" 2.6 GHz. 64GB DDR2 VMware ESX v4.0 VMmark v1.1 15.54@11 tiles 2 sockets 12 total cores 12 threads 6/2/2009 8 core Lenovo R525 G2 "Gainestown" 2.93 GHz, 96GB DDR3 VMware ESX v4.0 VMmark v1.1.1 [email_address] 2 sockets 8 total cores 16 threads 6/30/2009

Evaluating Virtualization Price/Performance
Six-Core AMD Opteron continues the AMD focus on providing a platform that offers a balance of performance, power, and price
Standard power band processor
Lower system cost and lower cost per VM
Cost per VM for 2P/2U 48GB Memory Server Configurations HP ProLiant DL380 G6 "Gainestown" HP ProLiant DL380 G6 "Gainestown" HP ProLiant DL385 G6 "Istanbul" Processor Intel® Xeon® Processor Model X5570, 2.93GHz, 95 Watts TDP Intel® Xeon® Processor Model X5570, 2.93GHz, 95 Watts TDP AMD Opteron™ Processor Model 2435, 2.6GHz, 75W ACP Memory 48GB DDR3 1066 MHz 6 x 8GB Virtualization Config per HP DDR3 Configuration Tool 48GB DDR3 1333 MHz 12 x 4GB Low Cost Config per HP DDR3 Configuration Tool 48GB DD2 800 MHz 12 x 4GB Virtualization and low cost configuration System Cost $12,442.00 $8,452.00 $6,401.00 Cost per VM for 10 VMs $1,244.20 $845.20 $640.10 Cost per VM for 60 VMs $207.37 $140.87 $106.68

Dell System Cost comparison- SMB store Cost per Virtual Machine For configuration information see slide 13

Evaluating Real World Workloads vAPUS Mark I stress tests VMs running database and web serving applications with “real world” workloads Configurations on slide # Geometric Mean of 4 VMs, Higher is better VMware ESX 3.5 u4 VMware ESX 4.0 Six-Core AMD Opteron “Istanbul” standard model 2435 performs within 13% of Intel Xeon “Gainestown” high performance model X5570

“ Real World” Virtualization Performance Evaluations SPEC and SPECweb are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. The results stated above reflect results published on http://www.spec.org/ as of June 10, 2009. The comparison presented above is based on the best performing four-socket servers using AMD Opteron™ processor Models 8382. For the latest results, visit www.spec.org . Server Based Computing performance reflects results published on http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA0-8429ENW.pdf as of June 10, 2009. Please see backup slides for configuration information. Achieving lower overhead for virtualized applications

Learn More about Virtualization with AMD
AMD Virtualization on AMD.com
http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/virtualization/Pages/virtualization.aspx
AMD Virtualization Blog
http://blogs.amd.com/virtualization/
IDG Accelerate Virtualization Knowledge Center
http://www.accelerateresults.com/enterprise/kc/virtualization
Six-Core AMD Opteron Processor
http://www.amd.com/US/PRODUCTS/SERVER/SIX-CORE-OPTERON/Pages/six-core-opteron.aspx

Real World Virtualization workloads-slide 7
HP ProLiant DL380 G6 Server $12,442.00
2 x Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X5570
HP 48GB PC3-8500R 6x8GB 2Rank Memory
Embedded P410i (SAS Array Controller)
HP 8-Bay Small Form Factor Drive Cage
HP 146GB 3G Hot Plug 2.5 SAS Dual Port 15,000 rpm Enterprise Hard Drive
(2) Embedded HP NC382i Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapters
HP 1200W 12V Hotplug ACC Power Supply
Integrated Lights Out 2 (iLO 2) Standard Management
HP Standard Limited Warranty - 3 Years Parts and on-site Labor, Next Business Day
HP ProLiant DL380 G6 Server
$8,452.00
2 x Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor X5570
HP 48GB PC3-10600R 12x4GB 2Rank Memory
Embedded P410i (SAS Array Controller)
HP 146GB Hot Plug 2.5 SAS Dual Port 10,000 rpm Hard Drive
(2) Embedded HP NC382i Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapters
HP 460W HE 12V Hotplug AC Power Supply
Integrated Lights Out 2 (iLO 2) Standard Management
HP Standard Limited Warranty - 3 Years Parts and on-site Labor, Next Business Day
HP ProLiant DL385 G6 Small Form Factor Server
$6,401.00
2 x Six-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor Model 2435
HP 48GB REG PC2-6400 12x4GB LP Dual Rank Memory
HP P410/ZM Smart Array Controller
HP 146GB Hot Plug 2.5 SAS Dual Port 10,000 rpm Hard Drive
HP 1200W 12V Hotplug ACC Power Supply
HP Redundant Hot-Plug Fans
Two Broadcom 5709 (4 Ports)
Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO2) Management
3 years parts, labor and onsite service (3/3/3) standard warranty. Certain restrictions and exclusions apply.
Prices reflect configurations from hp.com on June 5th, 2009

System Configurations-slide 8 Systems configured and priced on 7/15/2009 at http://www.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/rack_optimized?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~tab=3 $2999 $3871

AMD Virtualization -- Take Charge

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