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06/09 HP achieved #1 power efficient 2P result on SPEC's new web server benchmark with HP ProLiant DL370 G6

  • #1 2-processor energy efficient web server performance.
  • #1 overall performance.
  • Performed 4x the number of transactions while matching competitor's 1P power/performance metric.
  • The DL370 G6 achieved a score of SPECweb2009_JSP_Peak 95,634 sus @ 725W overall while maintaining a power/performance metric of SPECweb2009_JSP_Power 103 asus per watt

06/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 earns highest virtualization performance for 2P rack servers

The new generation HP ProLiant DL380 G6 delivers the best 2-processor rack performance for virtualization with its latest record of 24.15 @ 17 tiles in the VMmark benchmark. The ProLiant DL380 G6 result is a virtual winner over other 2‑processor rack server competitors, including Dell and IBM.

06/09 Another top record for HP ProLiant DL785 G5 virtualization performance on VMmark Benchmark
  • Highest VMmark score ever posted at 31.56 @ 21 tiles
  • Still the only server to achieve 21 tiles on the VMmark benchmark
  • #1 leadership score in the eight-socket/32-core category
  • Beats all 32-core results: IBM by 28%, Sun by 8.4%, and Unisys by 2.2%
  • Result again projects potential of over 750 virtual machines in a 42U rack, with even faster performance
  • 3.5% increase from previous leadership DL785 G5 result (30.50 @ 21 tiles)
All results as of 06/02/09 on the VMmark website.

05/09 HP ProLiant BL685c G6 Server Blade achieves #1 four-processor result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with the SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0
  • The HP ProLiant BL685c G6 earned a #1 four-processor result on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application on Windows, achieving 4,422 SAP SD Benchmark users with 24,230 SAPS.
  • With SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0, the HP ProLiant BL685c G6 4 processors/24 cores/24 threads result achieved more than twice the performance of the 4 processors/16 cores/16 threads Dell PowerEdge M905 result and just 63 fewer SAP SD Benchmark users than the 8 processors/48 cores/48 threads result of the NEC Express5800 A1160.
  • With SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0, the performance scalability for Six-Core processors for the ProLiant BL685c G6 was 42% better when compared to its previous Quad-Core result.
  • Comparing the 2-processor/12-core BL465c G6 configuration (2,355 SAP SD Benchmark users) to the 4-processor/24-core BL685c G6 configuration (4,422 SAP SD Benchmark users) shows six-core two-processor to four-processor scaling of 87.7%.
05/09 HP ProLiant BL465c G6 and ProLiant DL385 G6 show powerful two-processor performance results on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmarks on Windows

  • The HP ProLiant BL465c G6 server blade and the ProLiant DL385 G6 rack server showed excellent performance for two-processor results running Windows on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark. Utilizing the latest AMD Opteron 2400 Series technology, the HP ProLiant BL465c G6 recently achieved 2,355 SAP SD Benchmark users with 12,870 SAPS, while the ProLiant DL385 G6 earned 2,350 SAP SD Benchmark users with 12,830 SAPS.

  • The HP ProLiant BL465c G6 offers the innovative Generation 6 features and key options that provide dependable, enhanced performance and durability. The HP ProLiant DL385 G6 is the world's best-selling Opteron server and maintains its dominant share in the 2U, 2P market with the new G6 benefits in its rack server format that allows for greater system efficiency, flexibility, and scalability.
05/09 HP ProLiant ML350 G6 sets new TPC-C price/performance record

ProLiant ML350 continues its leadership for the small business

With a superior price/performance result of USD$.54/tpmc, the HP ProLiant ML350 G6 takes the #1 overall TPC-C price/performance record across all operating systems and database environments. The price/performance of the ProLiant ML350 G6 is LESS than the Dell PowerEdge 2900, and the performance of HP ProLiant ML350 G6 was TWICE the performance of the Dell's PowerEdge 2900 server result.

Moreover, combined with the enhancing capabilities of Intel Xeon E5520 2.27GHz processors, the HP ProLiant ML350 G6 running with Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle Database 11g Standard Edition One, delivers outstanding performance, scalability, and simplified management at an exceptional value with more than twice the performance and greater than 1/3 the cost per transaction compared to the previous ProLiant ML350 G5 TPC-C result that utilized the Oracle Database 11g Standard Edition One and Microsoft Windows Standard x64 Ed. SP1 R2 applications.

The HP ProLiant ML350 G6 now holds 4 of the TOP 6 TPC-C overall price/performance results.

05/09 HP ProLiant DL370 G6 and HP ProLiant ML370 G6 - first to break 80,000 on SPECweb2005 benchmark

NEW HP ProLiant 370 G6 delivers top SPECweb2005 results - any way you slice it: DL (rack) or ML (tower)!


HP ProLiant continues to dominate performance leadership with the two-socket Quad-Core HP ProLiant DL370 G6 and the HP ProLiant ML370 G6 by achieving top OVERALL performance results on the SPECweb2005 benchmark. The HP ProLiant DL370 G6 and the HP ProLiant ML370 G6 beat all SPECweb2005 competitors across the board, including Sun and Fujitsu Siemens.
 
05/09 HP Liant BL490c G6 Virtualization Blade: #1 2-socket blade performance on VMmark Benchmark

The new HP oLiant BL490c G6 is the highest performing 2-socket server blade and the highest performing server blade on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 24.24@17 tiles. This result shows that customers have the potential to achieve up to 6,528 Virtual Machines per 42U industry standard rack.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 achieves #1 two-processor performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 with Novell SUSE Linux

Continuing its legacy as a two-processor performance leader, the HP ProLiant DL380 G6 recently achieved 3,171 SAP SD Benchmark users with 17,380 SAPS with the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
This result defeated the Fujitsu Siemens PRIMERGY TX300 S4/RX300 S4 two-socket Linux competitor by up to 37.8% and also beat the IBM system p550 four-socket Linux competitor. The ProLiant DL380 G6 utilized the new enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 (Unicode) that introduced resource-intensive changes, while the competitors ran SAP ERP 6.0 (2005) without the enhancement.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL585 G5 earns #1 four-processor performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 earned a #1 four-processor performanceresult on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 on Windows, achieving 3,430 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,730 SAPS. The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 is also the first four-processor result with the SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0. In addition, the performance scalability for Quad-Core processors for the ProLiant DL585 G5 was increased 82.9% when compared to its previous Dual-Core generation.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL585 G5 once again earns world record result on Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Medium Model Benchmark

HP again earns ProLiant leadership with the #1 overall result on Oracle E Business Suite 11i Medium Model Benchmark with the four-socket, 16-core HP ProLiant DL585 G5 server. With its excellent price/performance, the ProLiant DL585 G5 defeated the IBM System p570 and the SGI Altix 450 by up to 72% performance improvement. With this benchmark, HP now owns the TOP 4 positions for published Oracle E Business Suite 11i Medium Model benchmarks.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G5 improves upon its #1 leadership results on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark

In April 2009, the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 achieved #1 8-processor energy efficient performance on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark with a score of 927 overall ssj_ops/watt running a Microsoft Windows operating system, and the #1 overall Linux® result with a score of 905 overall ssj_ops/watt.

04/09 Five results over 1 million SPECjbb® BOPS with HP ProLiant DL785 G5 8-processor server on SPECjbb®2005 benchmark
In April 2009, HP announced two new SPECjbb®2005 benchmark results for the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 server with1,296,080SPECjbb BOPS (business operations per second) running Microsoft Windows 2008 operating system and 1,290,209 SPEjbb2005 BOPS running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 operating system. These results are the new #1 and #2 8-processor results
  • Up to 24.8% better than the Sun Fire X4600 M2
  • Up to 49.3% better than the 8-processor IBM Power 570 (POWER 6, 16-core)
  • Top 5 worldwide 8-processor results
04/09 #1 8-socket/32-core records with HP ProLiant DL785 G5 on SPEC® CPU2006 benchmark
HP announced its latest worldwide performance records for the SPEC® CPU2006 benchmark on April 22, 2009, for an eight processor configuration. The ProLiant DL785 G5 with the AMD OpteronTM processor Model 8393SE achieved two new records for performance on the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark:
  • #1 8-socket/32- core x86_64 SPECint®_rate_base2006 and SPECint_rate2006 results Up to 6% better performance than the Sun Fire X4600 M2
  • HP ProLiant DL785 G5 continues to post updated results, showing the HP commitment to provide information customers need.
04/09 HP ProLiant BL465c G5 with BL685c: #1 blade result on Oracle E-Business Suite Small Model Benchmark
  • Industry-leading blade result across all benchmark metrics for small model single database instance
  • HP ProLiant servers hold the TOP 12 POSITIONS for published Oracle E-Business Suite small model benchmarks
04/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G5 earns #1 eight-processor performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.

#1 eight-processor performance result on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application.
#1 eight-processor/32-core result posted result on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0.

04/09 HP ProLiant BL685c G6: #1 4-socket blade virtualization performance on VMmark Benchmark

The new HP ProLiant BL685c G6 with new 2.9-GHz Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors is the highest performing server blade on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 20.87@14 tiles.
With this result, customers have the potential to achieve up to 2,688 Virtual Machines per 42U industry standard rack.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL585 G5 earns #1 overall 4 socket virtualization performance leadership
Server also shows performance scalability progression

The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 is the highest performing 4-socket server on the VMmark benchmark with a VMmark score of 22.11@15 tiles. This result defeated all 4-socket rack server competitors Dell, IBM, and Sun. The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 is also the first four-socket server to run with the VMware ESX 4.0 Virtualization Platform. In addition, the HP ProLiant DL585 showed an increase in scalability performance compared to previous generation technology.

04/09 Record-breaking HP ProLiant DL785 G5 virtualization performance: first to score 126 Virtual Machines on VMmark!
The industry's 8-socket workhorse, the DL785 G5, with 11 expansion slots and up to 512 GB RAM, delivers leading expandability for x86 virtualization and enterprise applications. Key points regarding this result:
  • Highest Mmark score ever posted at 30.50@21 tiles
  • First server to score more than 30 on the VMmark benchmark
  • #1 leadership score in the eight-socket/32-core category
  • Beats IBM by a whopping 23.9% and Sun by 4.8%
  • Result projects potential of over 750 virtual machines in a 42U rack
  • 10.1% increase from previous DL785 result (27.71@19 tiles)
04/09 HP oLiant BL460c G6 achieves #1 two-processor Windows result on two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0
The HP ProLiant BL460c G6 earned a #1 two-processor perormance result for the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 4.0 on Windows, achieving 3,310 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,070 SAPS.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 earns #2 spot. New generation ProLiant servers run Windows 2008
The ProLiant DL380 G6 also posted a leading two-processor performance spot for the two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark, achieving 3,300 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,030 SAPS. Both benchmarks ran Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition.

03/09 New HP ProLiant DL370 G6 1st 2P to break 600K tpmC
HP announced record-breaking results on the TPC-C benchmark for the new HP ProLiant DL370 G6 on March 30, 2009.
  • #1 2P TPC-C performance
  •  At well over a half million tpmC, performance 2x faster than 2P G5
  • 56% better performance than 2P IBM p570 with IBM Power6 processors
  • < 10% difference in performance from top 4P TPC-C server IBM System x3850 M2
  •  < half the cost per tpmC (USD) versus previous top 2P and current top 4P
03/09 New HP ProLiant DL370 G6 is #1 in 2P virtualization
The new 2-socket HP ProLiant DL370 G6 with the new Intel W5580 3.2-GHz processors is the highest performing 2 processor server on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 23.96@16 tiles. This score yielded 96 virtual machines.

03/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6: New generation server sweeps all competitors with #1 overall power performance on SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark
The HP ProLiant DL380 G6 was triumphant with a #1 OVERALL energy efficient performance result on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark with a score of 1,813 ssj_ops/watt, running Microsoft Windows operating system, and out-performing its competitors by up to 1.7 times.

03/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 empowers customers with greater performance, energy efficiency on SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark
Demonstrating its energy efficiency prowess, HP compared its ProLiant Generation 6 performance with its previous generation, using the world's best-selling server, the HP ProLiant DL380. On a SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark, the ProLiant DL380 G6 shows nearly 2.5 times the performance per watt with the latest Intel Xeon Quad-Core X5570 2.93GHz processor configuration using HP Thermal Logic Technology when compared to the Intel Xeon Quad-Core 2.66GHz processor configuration on the ProLiant DL380 G5.

03/09 Newest generation of HP ProLiant DL380 takes #1 position overall on Oracle E-Business Suite Small Model Benchmark
HP shows its ProLiant leadership with the #1 overall result on Oracle E Business Suite Small Model Benchmark with the two-socket, 8-core HP ProLiant DL380 G6 server. The result defeated IBM's System x3850 four-socket, 8-core server result. With this benchmark, HP now owns the TOP 11 positions for published Oracle E Business Suite Small Model benchmarks.

03/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 surpasses all records with new #1 performance result for SPECweb®2005 benchmark
HP breaks over 70,000 simultaneous sessions with new generation server

HP ProLiant dominates performance leadership with the two-socket Quad-Core ProLiant DL380 G6 by achieving the #1 OVERALL performance result on the SPECweb®2005 benchmark. The ProLiant DL380 G6 beat all SPECweb2005 competitors across the board, including Sun and Fujitsu Siemens.

03/09 ProLiant BL680c G5 upgrade shows increased performance advantage on VMmark benchmark
Upgrading to the next HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server with the latest Intel Xeon server processor shows a VMmark performance advantage of over 16%. HP ProLiant servers also extend the savings from virtualization to a lower ongoing cost of ownership via HP Thermal Logic Technology. ONLY HP offers the most choice with the Intel 7000 sequence blade offerings.

03/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G5 is #1, #2, and #3 8P server on SPECjbb®2005 benchmark
HP announced two new SPECjbb®2005 benchmark results for the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 server with 1,190,070SPECjbb BOPS (business operations per second) running Microsoft Windows 2008 operating system and 1,184,403 SPEjbb2005 BOPS running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 operating system. These results are the #1 and #2 8-processor results, with the prior #1 8-processor result now the #3 8P result at 1,181,782 SPECjbb2005 BOPS.
  • Up to 14.6% better than the Sun Fire X4600 M2 (same processors)
  • Up to 37% better than the 8-processor IBM Power 570 (POWER 6, 16-core)
  • #1, 2, and 3 worldwide 8-processor results
  •  #1, 2, and 3 results for any server up to 8 processors
  • #1, 2, and 3 result for any AMD-based server
  • #1 and #2 result for servers running Microsoft Windows OS
  • #1 result for any 8-socket server running Linux OS

02/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G5 is #1 8P server on SPECjbb®2005 benchmark
In February 2009, HP announced results of the SPECjbb®2005 benchmark for the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 server with 1,181,782 SPECjbb2005 BOPS (business operations per second).
  • 14% better than the Sun Fire X4600 M2 result (same processors)
  • 36% better than the IBM Power 570 result (POWER 6)
  • #1 worldwide 8-processor result
  • #1 result for any server up to 8 processors
  • #1 result for any AMD based server
  • #1 result for any Windows based server
02/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G5 energy efficiency: #1 8-processor and #1 Linux® results on SPECpower_ssj®2008 benchmark
The HP ProLiant DL785 G5 achieved #1 8-processor energy efficient performance on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark with a score of 872 overall ssj_ops/watt running a Microsoft Windows operating system, and the #1 overall Linux® result with a score of 866 overall ssj_ops/watt. These results establish not only that the ProLiant DL785 G5 offers energy efficient design but also that customers have a choice of operating system environment for energy efficient performance.

01/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G5 takes #1 2P performance spot on Siebel CRM Release 8.0 Benchmark Industry Applications running Windows
The HP ProLiant DL380 G5 holds the #1 result for two-socket performance on Siebel CRM Release 8.0 Benchmark Industry Applications running Microsoft Windows with 5,200 users. This result shows the highest number of users on a Windows benchmark on a single two-socket, 8-Core HP ProLiant rack server. The ProLiant DL380 G5 defeated the IBM System x3850 with more than 33% users!

01/09 HP ProLiant DL165 G5 earns highest 2P performance result for SPECweb2005 benchmark; score defeats IBM, Fujitsu, and Sun 2P competitors
HP ProLiant shattered all other two-socket performance records by achieving the #1 two-socket result on the SPECweb®2005 benchmark with the Quad-Core ProLiant DL165 G5. This result beat a similarly-configured Sun two-socket Quad-Core server, the Sun Fire X4240, with a 5% performance advantage while using the same memory footprint yet only HALF as many NICs. The HP ProLiant DL165 G5 also defeated Fujitsu Siemens and IBM two-socket competitors by a performance advantage of up to 66.6%!

01/09 HP ProLiant DL580 G5 achieves #1 overall performance for SPECweb2005 benchmark; HP is the first to break 50,000 simultaneous sessions
HP ProLiant commands leadership by achieving the #1 OVERALL performance result on the SPECweb®2005 benchmark with the four-socket Six-Core ProLiant DL580 G5. The ProLiant DL580 G5 defeated a similarly-configured Fujitsu Siemens four-socket Six-Core server, the RX600 S4, with an 11.5% performance advantage. In addition, with Intel Xeon Six-Core processors, the HP ProLiant DL580 G5 showed an increase of 25% in performance from its previous Quad-Core result in this benchmark.

01/09 HP ProLiant DL585 G5 sets 4P record in virtualization performance - again!
The 16-core HP ProLiant DL585 G5 is the highest performing server on the VMmark benchmark with a leadership score of 20.43 @ 14 tiles. The HP ProLiant DL585 with the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Model 8386 SE processors (2.8 GHz) scored a result that defeats competitors Dell PowerEdge R905, IBM System x3850 M2, and Sun Fire X4450.

01/09 HP ProLiant demonstrates blade virtualization performance leadership:ProLiant BL685c G5 and ProLiant BL495c G5 take VMmark records
The HP ProLiant BL685c G5 delivers the best blade performance for virtualization with its latest record of 19.96 @ 14 tiles - up to 2,688 VMs and 4 TB memory per 42U rack. In addition, the HP ProLiant BL495c G5 is the best 2P blade with a result of 11.23 @ 8 tiles - up to 3,072 VMs per 42U rack. The servers defeated competitors IBM and Dell with these results.

01/09 HP ProLiant servers earn best overall virtual performance on 2P VMmark benchmark
The HP ProLiant DL385 G5p delivers the best 2P performance overall for virtualization with its latest record of 11.28 @ 8 tiles. In addition, the HP ProLiant BL495c G5 is, virtually, the best 2P blade with a result of 11.23 @ 8 tiles. HP ProLiant servers extend the savings from virtualization to a lower ongoing cost of ownership via HP Thermal Logic Technology. This result defeated the Dell, IBM, and Sun competitors.

For this benchmark, the HP ProLiant DL385 G5p offers up to a 39.7% performance advantage when compared to its competitors utilizing VMware. The HP ProLiant BL495c G5 offers up to a 52.3% performance advantage when compared to other blade competitors running the VMmark Benchmark.

12/08 HP ProLiant DL785 G5 sets new record in virtualization performance – again!
The 32-core HP ProLiant DL785 G5 is the highest performing server on the VMmark benchmark with a leadership score of 27.71@19 tiles. HP ProLiant DL785 with the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Model 8384 processors (2.7 GHz) scores the largest number of virtual machines ever achieved on an x86 platform – again. Result shows 12% superior performance delta as compared to IBM System x3950 M2 and 26% performance increase as compared to the previous DL785 VMmark result with Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors Model 8360SE (2.5 GHz).

Benchmark Overviews

An Overview of the SPECpower_ssj2008 Benchmark on HP ProLiant servers

An Overview of the SPEC CPU2006 Benchmark on HP ProLiant servers and server blades

An Overview of the TPC-C Benchmark on HP ProLiant servers and server blades

An Overview of the VMmark Benchmark on HP ProLiant servers and server blades

An Overview of the TPC-H Benchmark on HP ProLiant servers and blades

ProLiant 8P

06/09 Another top record for HP ProLiant DL785 G5 virtualization performance on VMmark Benchmark
  • Highest VMmark score ever posted at 31.56 @ 21 tiles
  • Still the only server to achieve 21 tiles on the VMmark benchmark
  • #1 leadership score in the eight-socket/32-core category
  • Beats all 32-core results: IBM by 28%, Sun by 8.4%, and Unisys by 2.2%
  • Result again projects potential of over 750 virtual machines in a 42U rack, with even faster performance
  • 3.5% increase from previous leadership DL785 G5 result (30.50 @ 21 tiles)
All results as of 06/02/09 on the VMmark website.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G5 improves upon its #1 leadership results on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark

In April 2009, the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 achieved #1 8-processor energy efficient performance on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark with a score of 927 overall ssj_ops/watt running a Microsoft Windows operating system, and the #1 overall Linux® result with a score of 905 overall ssj_ops/watt.

04/09 Five results over 1 million SPECjbb® BOPS with HP ProLiant DL785 G5 8-processor server on SPECjbb®2005 benchmark
In April 2009, HP announced two new SPECjbb®2005 benchmark results for the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 server with1,296,080SPECjbb BOPS (business operations per second) running Microsoft Windows 2008 operating system and 1,290,209 SPEjbb2005 BOPS running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 operating system. These results are the new #1 and #2 8-processor results
  • Up to 24.8% better than the Sun Fire X4600 M2
  • Up to 49.3% better than the 8-processor IBM Power 570 (POWER 6, 16-core)
  • Top 5 worldwide 8-processor results
04/09 #1 8-socket/32-core records with HP ProLiant DL785 G5 on SPEC® CPU2006 benchmark
HP announced its latest worldwide performance records for the SPEC® CPU2006 benchmark on April 22, 2009, for an eight processor configuration. The ProLiant DL785 G5 with the AMD OpteronTM processor Model 8393SE achieved two new records for performance on the SPEC CPU2006 benchmark:
  • #1 8-socket/32- core x86_64 SPECint®_rate_base2006 and SPECint_rate2006 results Up to 6% better performance than the Sun Fire X4600 M2
  • HP ProLiant DL785 G5 continues to post updated results, showing the HP commitment to provide information customers need.
04/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G5 earns #1 eight-processor performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.

#1 eight-processor performance result on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application.
#1 eight-processor/32-core result posted result on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0.

04/09 Record-breaking HP ProLiant DL785 G5 virtualization performance: first to score 126 Virtual Machines on VMmark!
The industry's 8-socket workhorse, the DL785 G5, with 11 expansion slots and up to 512 GB RAM, delivers leading expandability for x86 virtualization and enterprise applications. Key points regarding this result:
  • Highest Mmark score ever posted at 30.50@21 tiles
  • First server to score more than 30 on the VMmark benchmark
  • #1 leadership score in the eight-socket/32-core category
  • Beats IBM by a whopping 23.9% and Sun by 4.8%
  • Result projects potential of over 750 virtual machines in a 42U rack
  • 10.1% increase from previous DL785 result (27.71@19 tiles)

03/09 HP roLiant DL785 G5 is #1, #2, and #3 8P server on SPECjbb®2005 benchmark
HP announced two new SPECjbb®2005 benchmark results for the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 server with 1,190,070SPECjbb BOPS (business operations per second) running Microsoft Windows 2008 operating system and 1,184,403 SPEjbb2005 BOPS running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 operating system. These results are the #1 and #2 8-processor results, with the prior #1 8-processor result now the #3 8P result at 1,181,782 SPECjbb2005 BOPS.
  • Up to 14.6% better than the Sun Fire X4600 M2 (same processors)
  • Up to 37% better than the 8-processor IBM Power 570 (POWER 6, 16-core)
  • #1, 2, and 3 worldwide 8-processor results
  •  #1, 2, and 3 results for any server up to 8 processors
  • #1, 2, and 3 result for any AMD-based server
  • #1 and #2 result for servers running Microsoft Windows OS
  • #1 result for any 8-socket server running Linux OS

02/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G5 is #1 8P server on SPECjbb®2005 benchmark
In February 2009, HP announced results of the SPECjbb®2005 benchmark for the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 server with 1,181,782 SPECjbb2005 BOPS (business operations per second).
  • 14% better than the Sun Fire X4600 M2 result (same processors)
  • 36% better than the IBM Power 570 result (POWER 6)
  • #1 worldwide 8-processor result
  • #1 result for any server up to 8 processors
  • #1 result for any AMD based server
  • #1 result for any Windows based server
02/09 HP ProLiant DL785 G5 energy efficiency: #1 8-processor and #1 Linux® results on SPECpower_ssj®2008 benchmark
The HP ProLiant DL785 G5 achieved #1 8-processor energy efficient performance on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark with a score of 872 overall ssj_ops/watt running a Microsoft Windows operating system, and the #1 overall Linux® result with a score of 866 overall ssj_ops/watt. These results establish not only that the ProLiant DL785 G5 offers energy efficient design but also that customers have a choice of operating system environment for energy efficient performance.

01/09 HP ProLiant demonstrates blade virtualization performance leadership:ProLiant BL685c G5 and ProLiant BL495c G5 take VMmark records
The HP ProLiant BL685c G5 delivers the best blade performance for virtualization with its latest record of 19.96 @ 14 tiles - up to 2,688 VMs and 4 TB memory per 42U rack. In addition, the HP ProLiant BL495c G5 is the best 2P blade with a result of 11.23 @ 8 tiles - up to 3,072 VMs per 42U rack. The servers defeated competitors IBM and Dell with these results.

12/08 HP ProLiant DL785 G5 sets new record in virtualization performance – again!
The 32-core HP ProLiant DL785 G5 is the highest performing server on the VMmark benchmark with a leadership score of 27.71@19 tiles. HP ProLiant DL785 with the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Model 8384 processors (2.7 GHz) scores the largest number of virtual machines ever achieved on an x86 platform – again. Result shows 12% superior performance delta as compared to IBM System x3950 M2 and 26% performance increase as compared to the previous DL785 VMmark result with Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors Model 8360SE (2.5 GHz).

ProLiant 4P

05/09 HP ProLiant BL685c G6 Server Blade achieves #1 four-processor result on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with the SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0
  • The HP ProLiant BL685c G6 earned a #1 four-processor result on the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark with SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP 6.0 application on Windows, achieving 4,422 SAP SD Benchmark users with 24,230 SAPS.
  • With SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0, the HP ProLiant BL685c G6 4 processors/24 cores/24 threads result achieved more than twice the performance of the 4 processors/16 cores/16 threads Dell PowerEdge M905 result and just 63 fewer SAP SD Benchmark users than the 8 processors/48 cores/48 threads result of the NEC Express5800 A1160.
  • With SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0, the performance scalability for Six-Core processors for the ProLiant BL685c G6 was 42% better when compared to its previous Quad-Core result.
  • Comparing the 2-processor/12-core BL465c G6 configuration (2,355 SAP SD Benchmark users) to the 4-processor/24-core BL685c G6 configuration (4,422 SAP SD Benchmark users) shows six-core two-processor to four-processor scaling of 87.7%.
04/09 HP ProLiant DL585 G5 earns #1 four-processor performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 earned a #1 four-processor performanceresult on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 on Windows, achieving 3,430 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,730 SAPS. The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 is also the first four-processor result with the SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0. In addition, the performance scalability for Quad-Core processors for the ProLiant DL585 G5 was increased 82.9% when compared to its previous Dual-Core generation.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL585 G5 once again earns world record result on Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Medium Model Benchmark

HP again earns ProLiant leadership with the #1 overall result on Oracle E Business Suite 11i Medium Model Benchmark with the four-socket, 16-core HP ProLiant DL585 G5 server. With its excellent price/performance, the ProLiant DL585 G5 defeated the IBM System p570 and the SGI Altix 450 by up to 72% performance improvement. With this benchmark, HP now owns the TOP 4 positions for published Oracle E Business Suite 11i Medium Model benchmarks.

04/09 HP ProLiant BL685c G6: #1 4-socket blade virtualization performance on VMmark Benchmark

The new HP ProLiant BL685c G6 with new 2.9-GHz Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors is the highest performing server blade on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 20.87@14 tiles.
With this result, customers have the potential to achieve up to 2,688 Virtual Machines per 42U industry standard rack.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL585 G5 earns #1 overall 4 socket virtualization performance leadership
Server also shows performance scalability progression

The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 is the highest performing 4-socket server on the VMmark benchmark with a VMmark score of 22.11@15 tiles. This result defeated all 4-socket rack server competitors Dell, IBM, and Sun. The HP ProLiant DL585 G5 is also the first four-socket server to run with the VMware ESX 4.0 Virtualization Platform. In addition, the HP ProLiant DL585 showed an increase in scalability performance compared to previous generation technology.

03/09 ProLiant BL680c G5 upgrade shows increased performance advantage on VMmark benchmark
Upgrading to the next HP ProLiant BL680c G5 server with the latest Intel Xeon server processor shows a VMmark performance advantage of over 16%. HP ProLiant servers also extend the savings from virtualization to a lower ongoing cost of ownership via HP Thermal Logic Technology. ONLY HP offers the most choice with the Intel 7000 sequence blade offerings.

01/09 HP ProLiant DL585 G5 sets 4P record in virtualization performance - again!
The 16-core HP ProLiant DL585 G5 is the highest performing server on the VMmark benchmark with a leadership score of 20.43 @ 14 tiles. The HP ProLiant DL585 with the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Model 8386 SE processors (2.8 GHz) scored a result that defeats competitors Dell PowerEdge R905, IBM System x3850 M2, and Sun Fire X4450.

01/09 HP ProLiant demonstrates blade virtualization performance leadership:ProLiant BL685c G5 and ProLiant BL495c G5 take VMmark records
The HP ProLiant BL685c G5 delivers the best blade performance for virtualization with its latest record of 19.96 @ 14 tiles - up to 2,688 VMs and 4 TB memory per 42U rack. In addition, the HP ProLiant BL495c G5 is the best 2P blade with a result of 11.23 @ 8 tiles - up to 3,072 VMs per 42U rack. The servers defeated competitors IBM and Dell with these results.

ProLiant 2P

06/09 HP achieved #1 power efficient 2P result on SPEC's new web server benchmark with HP ProLiant DL370 G6
  • #1 2-processor energy efficient web server performance.
  • #1 overall performance.
  • Performed 4x the number of transactions while matching competitor's 1P power/performance metric.
  • The DL370 G6 achieved a score of SPECweb2009_JSP_Peak 95,634 sus @ 725W overall while maintaining a power/performance metric of SPECweb2009_JSP_Power 103 asus per watt

06/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 earns highest virtualization performance for 2P rack servers

The new generation HP ProLiant DL380 G6 delivers the best 2-processor rack performance for virtualization with its latest record of 24.15 @ 17 tiles in the VMmark benchmark. The ProLiant DL380 G6 result is a virtual winner over other 2‑processor rack server competitors, including Dell and IBM.

05/09 HP ProLiant BL465c G6 and ProLiant DL385 G6 show powerful two-processor performance results on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmarks on Windows

  • The HP ProLiant BL465c G6 server blade and the ProLiant DL385 G6 rack server showed excellent performance for two-processor results running Windows on the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark. Utilizing the latest AMD Opteron 2400 Series technology, the HP ProLiant BL465c G6 recently achieved 2,355 SAP SD Benchmark users with 12,870 SAPS, while the ProLiant DL385 G6 earned 2,350 SAP SD Benchmark users with 12,830 SAPS.

  • The HP ProLiant BL465c G6 offers the innovative Generation 6 features and key options that provide dependable, enhanced performance and durability. The HP ProLiant DL385 G6 is the world's best-selling Opteron server and maintains its dominant share in the 2U, 2P market with the new G6 benefits in its rack server format that allows for greater system efficiency, flexibility, and scalability.
05/09 HP ProLiant DL370 G6 and HP ProLiant ML370 G6 - first to break 80,000 on SPECweb2005 benchmark

NEW HP roLiant 370 G6 delivers top SPECweb2005 results - any way you slice it: DL (rack) or ML (tower)!


HP Liant continues to dominate performance leadership with the two-socket Quad-Core HP ProLiant DL370 G6 and the HP ProLiant ML370 G6 by achieving top OVERALL performance results on the SPECweb2005 benchmark. The HP ProLiant DL370 G6 and the HP ProLiant ML370 G6 beat all SPECweb2005 competitors across the board, including Sun and Fujitsu Siemens.

05/09 HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Virtualization Blade: #1 2-socket blade performance on VMmark Benchmark

The new HP oLiant BL490c G6 is the highest performing 2-socket server blade and the highest performing server blade on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 24.24@17 tiles. This result shows that customers have the potential to achieve up to 6,528 Virtual Machines per 42U industry standard rack.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 achieves #1 two-processor performance result on two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 with Novell SUSE Linux

Continuing its legacy as a two-processor performance leader, the HP ProLiant DL380 G6 recently achieved 3,171 SAP SD Benchmark users with 17,380 SAPS with the two-tier SAP® Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 6.0 on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
This result defeated the Fujitsu Siemens PRIMERGY TX300 S4/RX300 S4 two-socket Linux competitor by up to 37.8% and also beat the IBM system p550 four-socket Linux competitor. The ProLiant DL380 G6 utilized the new enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 (Unicode) that introduced resource-intensive changes, while the competitors ran SAP ERP 6.0 (2005) without the enhancement.

04/09 HP ProLiant BL465c G5 with BL685c: #1 blade result on Oracle E-Business Suite Small Model Benchmark
  • Industry-leading blade result across all benchmark metrics for small model single database instance
  • HP ProLiant servers hold the TOP 12 POSITIONS for published Oracle E-Business Suite small model benchmarks
04/09 HP ProLiant BL460c G6 achieves #1 two-processor Windows result on two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution Standard Application Benchmark with SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0
The HP ProLiant BL460c G6 earned a #1 two-processor perormance result for the two-tier SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) Standard Application Benchmark running on the SAP enhancement package 4 for the SAP ERP application Release 4.0 on Windows, achieving 3,310 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,070 SAPS.

04/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 earns #2 spot. New generation ProLiant servers run Windows 2008
The ProLiant DL380 G6 also posted a leading two-processor performance spot for the two-tier SAP SD Standard Application Benchmark, achieving 3,300 SAP SD Benchmark users with 18,030 SAPS. Both benchmarks ran Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition.

03/09 New HP ProLiant DL370 G6 is #1 in 2P virtualization
The new 2-socket HP ProLiant DL370 G6 with the new Intel W5580 3.2-GHz processors is the highest performing 2 processor server on the VMmark benchmark with a score of 23.96@16 tiles. This score yielded 96 virtual machines.

03/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6: New generation server sweeps all competitors with #1 overall power performance on SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark
The HP ProLiant DL380 G6 was triumphant with a #1 OVERALL energy efficient performance result on the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark with a score of 1,813 ssj_ops/watt, running Microsoft Windows operating system, and out-performing its competitors by up to 1.7 times.

03/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 empowers customers with greater performance, energy efficiency on SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark
Demonstrating its energy efficiency prowess, HP compared its ProLiant Generation 6 performance with its previous generation, using the world's best-selling server, the HP ProLiant DL380. On a SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark, the ProLiant DL380 G6 shows nearly 2.5 times the performance per watt with the latest Intel Xeon Quad-Core X5570 2.93GHz processor configuration using HP Thermal Logic Technology when compared to the Intel Xeon Quad-Core 2.66GHz processor configuration on the ProLiant DL380 G5.

03/09 Newest generation of HP ProLiant DL380 takes #1 position overall on Oracle E-Business Suite Small Model Benchmark
HP shows its ProLiant leadership with the #1 overall result on Oracle E Business Suite Small Model Benchmark with the two-socket, 8-core HP ProLiant DL380 G6 server. The result defeated IBM's System x3850 four-socket, 8-core server result. With this benchmark, HP now owns the TOP 11 positions for published Oracle E Business Suite Small Model benchmarks.

03/09 HP ProLiant DL380 G6 surpasses all records with new #1 performance result for SPECweb®2005 benchmark
HP breaks over 70,000 simultaneous sessions with new generation server

HP ProLiant dominates performance leadership with the two-socket Quad-Core ProLiant DL380 G6 by achieving the #1 OVERALL performance result on the SPECweb®2005 benchmark. The ProLiant DL380 G6 beat all SPECweb2005 competitors across the board, including Sun and Fujitsu Siemens.

01/09 HP ProLiant demonstrates blade virtualization performance leadership:ProLiant BL685c G5 and ProLiant BL495c G5 take VMmark records
The HP ProLiant BL685c G5 delivers the best blade performance for virtualization with its latest record of 19.96 @ 14 tiles - up to 2,688 VMs and 4 TB memory per 42U rack. In addition, the HP ProLiant BL495c G5 is the best 2P blade with a result of 11.23 @ 8 tiles - up to 3,072 VMs per 42U rack. The servers defeated competitors IBM and Dell with these results.

01/09 HP ProLiant servers earn best overall virtual performance on 2P VMmark benchmark
The HP ProLiant DL385 G5p delivers the best 2P performance overall for virtualization with its latest record of 11.28 @ 8 tiles. In addition, the HP ProLiant BL495c G5 is, virtually, the best 2P blade with a result of 11.23 @ 8 tiles. HP ProLiant servers extend the savings from virtualization to a lower ongoing cost of ownership via HP Thermal Logic Technology. This result defeated the Dell, IBM, and Sun competitors.

For this benchmark, the HP ProLiant DL385 G5p offers up to a 39.7% performance advantage when compared to its competitors utilizing VMware. The HP ProLiant BL495c G5 offers up to a 52.3% performance advantage when compared to other blade competitors running the VMmark Benchmark.

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