Server Architectures: Competitive Technologies

Scalable Perf. vs. Availability

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Performance: SMP vs. Clustering

Clustering

SerialMF

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MPP

Performance

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Price/PerformanceSerial vs.Parallel Computing

2004 2005 Next Gen

Itanium 21.4 GHz, 1.5MB, DP

Fanwood1.2GHz, 3MB, DP

MillingtonMontecito based

DimonaTukwila based, DP

Dual Processor (DP) Itanium

LV Itanium 21.0 GHz, 1.5M, DP

LV Fanwood1.2GHz, 3MB, DP

LV MillingtonMontecito based, DP

LV DimonaTukwila based, DP

Itanium 21.5 GHz, 6MB, 1.4GHz 4M,

1.3GHz 3M

Itanium 2Madison/1.7GHz, 9MB

MontecitoDual Core, 2.4MB, 90nm

Tukwila Multicore

Multi-Processor (MP) Itanium

Legacy 32/32 +

Compatibility 64/32 + 64-

bit 64/64

Extended Memory Accessability (64 bit pointers, 64-bit

Registers) + Double Precision (64 bit) Integer + Flat Virtual Address Space Support

Xeon 32

+ +

Xeon 32/64

=

Xeon Processor MP

(4 MB L3 Cache)Potomac

(>4 MB L3 Cache)Tulsa

(Dual Core)Future

Xeon DP3.2 GHz,

>1MB

Nocona/Jayhawk3.6 GHz, 1MB

Jayhawk/Future3.2 GHz, >1MB

Future

Dual Processor (MP) Xeon

Multi-Processor (MP) Itanium

Intel SHV Roadmap

*IOs per sesond for a required response time ( ms)

(RAID - 0, 3)

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Market Segments by Applications

eCommerceeCommerce

Transaction Transaction ProcessingProcessing

OLTPOLTPOLTPOLTP

Data Warehousing

Visual DB

DSS(RAID - 1, 5, 6)

IOPs (Latency)

StreamingStreamingStreamingStreamingAudioAudio

VideoVideo

Scientific ComputingScientific Computing

ImagingImaging

NICNICNICNIC

TP

HPCHPC

Scientific ComputingScientific Computing

ImagingImaging

VideoVideo

*IOs per sesond for a required response time ( ms)

IntranetIntranet

Data Warehousing

(RAID - 0, 3)

500100MB/sec101 505

1K

10 K

100

10

1

Visual DB

Transaction Transaction ProcessingProcessing

Market Segments by Applications

OLTPOLTPOLTPOLTP

DSS

StreamingStreamingStreamingStreaming

(RAID - 1, 5, 6)

NICNICNICNIC

IOPs (Latency)

Scale Out (Clustered Blade Servers)

Large SMPParallel SysplexDynamic LPAR SW Provisioning/VMWare IBM: i890/p690/z990SUN: SunFire 4800,12K

Rack ClustersHigh Availability/1U FF/Hi Perform.Clusters-Linux/AIX/Solaris Clusters- HPC ClustersDELL 1850, HP DL145, IBMe326, Sun V20z …ORACLE: 9iRAC/PE6650

Blade ServersHigh Density Rack Mount-Highly Integrated Dense FF-Rapid Deployment, Flex Architect. -IBM:HS20,40, JS20, HP: 20,25,30,35p-FUJITSU: BX300, DELL:1855 *Appro,LynxWorx,Rackable,Verari

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Server Market Segmentation - Platforms

MidplaneW/Connectors

To Blades & BackModules

Storage: IP NAS or FC SAN Switch

Management Modules Remote Mgmt+KVM over IP

Cooling N+1Fans/Cooling Modules

Power: N+1Power Supplies

Networking: Gbit Ethernet Switches

BladeControl

Panel

Processor Blades (6-24 typically)

MemoryDDR wECC

Gbit

EthernetI/FSystems

MonitorModule

Micro-Processors

USB Ports, CD/Floppy

I/F

© 2003 Source: IMEX Research

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