Quad Xeon 7500, the Best Virtualized Datacenter Building Block?
Finding the best building block for a virtualized datacenter has been our quest for a few years now. In this article, we’ll introduce you to our brand new virtualization benchmark that can better withstand the fast evolution of the server world, and we’ll explore the virtualized performance of Intel’s Quad Xeon 7500.
Another article on Intel’s Xeon X7500 ? Why should you read this article knowing that your budget does not allow for Intel’s expensive RISC killer? We’ll give you three reasons:
Buying high-end servers might be a smart choice, even if you don’t normally consider them.
You simply want to know how fast a 32-core, 64-thread machine can be. Did I mention that there is more than 72GHz of computing power in there?
You want to know whether or not Intel did a good job with the 7500 series. Reviews across the web left a relatively blurred picture. We add a new solid virtualization benchmark so you can make up your mind.
The last two reasons are pretty straight forward. But the first reason needs more elaboration.
