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Wannes De Smet – wannes@sizingservers.be

Sizing Servers

•  Founded in 2007, Kortrijk, Belgium •  Consultancy services for web site

optimization •  Virtualization and power efficiency research •  Partnerships with CPU manufacturers (Intel,

AMD, Calxeda) •  Reviews published on Anandtech

ARM VS INTEL

Round 1 : Characteristics Ubuntu 12.10

ARM VS INTEL Round 2: ‘Real world’ load

Setup

Copy of existing phpBB website Realistic simulation of users

Host with 24 nodes (SoC/VM)

24 simultaneous stresstests

Each node running Ubuntu 12.10 (3.5.0-17) Apache 2.2.22-6 PHP 5.4.6-1

Setup

Intel •  SuperMicro SuperServer

6027TR-D70FRF Twin (one twin disconnected)

•  2x Intel E5-2650L •  8x8G DDR3-1600 Samsung

M393B1K70DH0-CK0 •  Intel X520-SR2 •  PWS-1K28P-SQ 1280W 80 Plus

Platinum

Calxeda •  24x Calxeda ECX-1000 •  24x Netlist 4GB low-voltage

ECC PC3L-10600W-9-10-ZZ DRAM

•  SuperMicro PWS-704P-1R 750Watt

Common storage (Boot-from-SAN) 4x Micron P300

Via LIO iSCSI target

Conclusion

•  First ‘serious’ entry of an ARM server in market •  Power/performance ratio is pretty good •  Capable I/O machine

Looking forward

Thank you.

Questions?