In the Principled Technologies data center, we used a workload comprised of 22 data analytics queries from the benchmarking tool HammerDB. We created VMs on the latest-generation Dell EMC PowerEdge R750 server and set up one workload on each. IT organizations often target maximum server processor utilization at 70 percent, so we increased the VM count to hit that level without exceeding it, at which point we had 12 VMs with 68 percent CPU utilization. Then, to get a sense of what performance was possible without that processor utilization cap, we increased the VM count to 16 and saw 78 percent processor utilization.
We used the same workload in a previous study where we tested Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd, PowerEdge R730xd, and PowerEdge R720 servers.1 Note that the time to complete queries depends on many factors, including the type of query and the size of the database.
About HammerDB
We tested each server with a TPC-H-like data warehouse workload from the HammerDB suite of benchmarks. Our test results do not represent official TPC results and are not comparable in any manner.
For more information on the HammerDB benchmark suite, visit their website at www.hammerdb.com.
About the Dell EMC PowerEdge R750
Dell Technologies considers the 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor-powered Dell EMC PowerEdge R750 to be a rack server that addresses “application performance and acceleration.”2 The dual-socket, 2U server can support eight channels of memory per CPU and up to 32 DDR4 DIMMs at 3,200 MT/s speeds. The new H755N front NVMe RAID controller in the latest-generation server is particularly helpful because the server supports PCIe Gen 4 and up to 24 NVMe drives.
To learn more about the Dell EMC PowerEdge R750, visit https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/povw/poweredge-R750....
About About 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors
According to Intel, 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors are “[o]ptimized for cloud, enterprise, HPC, network, security, and IoT workloads with 8 to 40 powerful cores and a wide range of frequency, feature, and power levels.”3 Intel continues to offer many models from the Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze processor lines that were “designed through decades of innovation for the most common workload requirements.”4
For more information, visit http://intel.com/xeonscalable.
1. Principled Technologies, “Achieve more analytics work, faster, with the Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd,” accessed May 7, 2021, https://www.principledtechnologies.com/Dell/PowerEdge-R740xd-analytics-comparison-0719.pdf.
2. Dell Technologies, "Dell EMC PowerEdge R750: Spec Sheet," accessed May 7, 2021, https://i.dell.com/sites/csdocuments/Product_Docs/en/poweredge-R750-spec-sheet.pdf..
3. Intel, “3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors,” accessed May 7, 2021, https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/xeon/3rd-gen-xeon-scalable-processors-brief.html.
4. Intel, “Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors,” accessed May 7, 2021, https://intel.com/xeonscalable.
