PRIMERGY TX150 S6 sets new record as world’s most power-efficient server
Industry’s first SPECpower_ssj2008 score above 1000 ensures TX150 S6’s place in the record books
Munich, April 07, 2008 —
The PRIMERGY TX150 S6 server today enters the record books as the world’s most energy-efficient industry-standard server of all time. In official tests, the PRIMERGY TX150 S6 from Fujitsu Siemens Computers has become the first-ever server to smash through the 1000 “ssj_ops/watt” power-rating ceiling, establishing a clear lead over similarly-specified machines from other vendors.
Benchmarking tests* on the PRIMERGY TX150 S6 delivered the SPECpower_ssj2008 result of 1018 operations per Watt, while no other server has so far managed a score higher than 910 operations per Watt. The PRIMERGY TX150 S6 is a one-way server featuring a quad-core Intel Xeon X3360 processor, using 4x 2GB DIMM memory modules, a 500GB SATA hard drive running at 7200rpm, and running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise X64 Edition.
Jens-Peter Seick, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Server Business at Fujitsu Siemens Computers says: “Breaking through the 1000 barrier for operations per Watt is testament to our superior system design. Although the PRIMERGY TX150 S6 server is built on the same industry-standard components as servers from other vendors, its frugal power consumption proves that PRIMERGY is designed from the ground up to deliver maximum performance for the lowest-possible overhead.
“When you take the extra performance per machine and multiply it by a factor of many, to reflect the typical environment in which TX150 tower servers are deployed, then the savings potential becomes clear. Simply put, PRIMERGY TX150 does more with one watt of power than any other server – so why waste energy?”
SPECpower_ssj2008 is the first industry-standard benchmark to evaluate the power and performance characteristics of volume server class computers. Developed by SPEC (the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation), the SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark defines power measurement standards in the same way as industry-established server performance is measured.
Tests were carried out to SPEC standards in Fujitsu Siemens Computers’ PRIMERGY Performance Laboratory in Paderborn, Germany, on March 26th, 2008.
Notes to editors
* Benchmarking tests on the PRIMERGY TX150 S6 delivered the SPECpower_ssj2008 result of 1018 ssj_ops/watt while running the BEA JRockit(R) JVM (Java Virtual Machine) (build R27.5.0-110-94909-1.6.0_03-20080204-1558-windows-x86_64, in compiled mode), while no other server has so far managed a score higher than 910 ssj_ops/watt.
The SPECpower_ssj2008 benchmark reports power consumption for servers at different performance levels – from 100 percent to idle, in 10 percent segments – over a set period of time. Such a graduated workload recognizes the fact that processing loads and power consumption on servers vary substantially over the course of days or weeks. To compute a power-performance metric across all levels, measured transaction throughputs for each segment are first added together, and then divided by the sum of the average power consumed for each segment. The result is a figure of merit called "overall ssj_ops/watt."
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is a non-profit corporation formed to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of relevant benchmarks that can be applied to the newest generation of high-performance computers. SPEC develops benchmark suites and also reviews and publishes submitted results from member organizations (including Fujitsu Siemens Computers) and other benchmark licensees.
Full results from the SPECpower tests are available online at
http://www.spec.org/power_ssj2008/results/power_ssj2008.html
Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published on
www.spec.org
as of April 2, 2008.
SPEC and SPECpower are trademarks or registered trademarks of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).
BEA JRockit is a registered trademark of BEA Systems, Inc.
Intel and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
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