Munich, 24 May 2006
Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European IT provider, today announced the introduction of four new PRIMERGY dual-socket S3 generation servers: the RX200 S3 and RX300 S3 rack servers, the TX200 S3 tower server as well as the BX620 S3 blade server.
The new PRIMERGY models are based on the new Intel Bensley platform that was also unveiled today by Intel and are equipped with the new Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5000 sequence processors. These stand for improved performance and workload in combination with lower power consumption.
One key feature of the new servers is the built-in virtualisation capability of the processor which will significantly maximise server utilisation rates and allow more applications to run on one machine. Customers will not only benefit from the heightened performance and utilisation rate, but will also gain the advantage of easier management of the server that comes with the latest PRIMERGY generation`s integrated Remote Management Controller.
The PRIMERGY S3 generation supports:
* Dual-core Intel Xeon processors with VT technology (codenamed: Vanderpool), offering the necessary hardware-based performance for a new generation of virtualisation solutions like Xen or VMware.
* A separate, independent second bus included in the chipset (up to 1.333GHz) for each processor. This improves system efficiency and throughput with enhanced bus speed that effectively doubles bus bandwidth, eliminating I/O bottlenecks.
* New fully buffered DIMMs (FBDIMMs) providing a high-bandwidth, large-capacity channel solution by using an advanced memory buffer with point-to-point serial communications. As a result, they are three times as fast as with the current generation of parallel memory interfaces.
* The additional memory reliability of enhanced ECC (retry double bit errors) and CRC, meaning that address and command transmissions are automatically retried if a transient error occurs.
* New SAS (serial attached SCSI) serial hard disk technologies to ensure high system performance, even with heavy I/O traffic.
With almost double the performance of Intel`s latest single-core platforms and the ability to support more applications and larger workloads, the PRIMERGY dual S3 generation offers far more headroom for growth.
Technical details of the new PRIMERGY generation:
* Intel Dual-Core Xeon 5000 Sequence processors and two 2MB second level cache for outstanding performance and a balanced architecture that incorporates next generation memory and I/O technologies. Processors are available with up to 3.73GHz, 1066MHz FSB and Intel 5000P/V chipsets supporting EM64 technology.
* High availability for memory protection mechanisms with up to 32 GB, 4-way interleaved fully buffered DDR2 RAM (PC2-4200F) as well as SDDC and memory mirroring or hot-spare option (depending on the system).
* Onboard 8-port SAS controller with embedded IME RAID 0, 1 functionality.
* RAID 0, 5, 10, 50 RAID on Motherboard (RoMB) extension option with iButton enable key and 256 MB RAID cache, or 256 MB RAID cache and BBU option for onboard SAS/RAID controller.
* Up to six 146 GB SAS hard disk capacity with 15 000rpm.
* PCI-Express being introduced in all new Dual S3 servers.
* Onboard Gigabit Ethernet controller.
* Integrated remote management controller (iRMC) and IPMI 2.0 with eg, local monitor disable function. Optional iRMC advanced pack enables a graphical console redirection and the connection of local storage to the remote server.
* Additional options: redundant fans and power supply, LocalView display, and more.
* Front and rear LEDs for easy identification in the racks.
* Front side USB 2.0 connectors.
The new models continue the succession of world record benchmarks for which PRIMERGY servers are known:
* The PRIMERGY BX620 S3 blade server has managed two brand-new world records and boasts the top two MMB3 benchmark performances. The BX620 S3 with Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5160 3.0GHz processor ranks first at 13 500 MMB3 users, while the BX620 S3 with Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5080 3.73GHz processor holds second place at 12 900 MMB3. A two-socket/dual-core PRIMERGY platform managed to outpace a competitor`s four-socket/dual-core system.[1]
* The PRIMERGY RX300 S3 achieved top benchmarks in March for SPECcpu2000, SPECweb2005 and SPECjbb2005. Intel presented the three results at its spring Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco (also in March) to demonstrate the superior performance of the new processor generation. [2]
[1] The MAPI Messaging Benchmark 3 (MMB3) is the benchmarking standard for measuring the performance and scalability of computers running Exchange Server 2003. Its benchmarking workload and methodology serves as the standard for Exchange Server 2003 MAPI server comparison. The MMB3 workload is characteristic of a medium corporate mail environment.
[2] With two Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5080 processors and 8GB of 4200F DDR2 SDRAM the PRIMERGY RX300 S3 achieved the following SPECcpu2000 results:
* SPECint_rate_base2000 = 81.2
* SPECfp_rate_base2000 = 64.2
These results were reviewed by SPEC and are published at http://www.spec.org/cpu2000/results
For SPECweb2005 the server was equipped with the same 2 processors, 16GB of PC2-4200F DDR2 SDRAM and 2 Intel PRO/1000MT dual port network controllers. Using the Accoria Rock Web Server on the RedHat RHEL4 Linux operating system an overall score of 6400 SPECweb2005 was reached.
This score is made up of the following results for the 3 individual workloads:
* SPEC2005_Banking = 12360
* SPECweb2005_Ecommerce = 10000
* SPECweb2005_Support = 4700
The complete information can be found at http://www.spec.org/web2005/results/web2005.html
The leadership of the PRIMERGY RX300 S3 in Java server performance is demonstrated in the recent SPECjbb2005 benchmark result, submitted to SPEC and published on SPEC`s website under http://www.spec.org/jbb2005/results achieving excellent 63600 SPECjbb2005 bops using one JVM instance.
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