The document discusses virtualization use cases, platforms, performance evaluations, and cost comparisons. It provides details on: - Virtualization can improve business continuity, enable testing/development, and simplify management. - 2-socket servers are best for fewer VMs, while 4-socket servers support more VMs and demanding applications. - Benchmark results show AMD platforms scoring highest on VMmark for consolidation workloads. - Total cost of ownership is lower for AMD platforms when evaluating cost per VM over 10 or 60 VMs.

1. Virtualization Update

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. “ 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

11. 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

13. 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 8-Bay Small Form Factor Drive Cage 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 8-Bay Small Form Factor Drive Cage 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

14. 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