Key takeaways from this result include:
- Data analytic performance has improved significantly with each successive server and processor generation.
- To deliver performance, fewer server nodes were used compared to previous results, positively impacting the price per performance.
- Despite the reduced total number of processors used in this result, the number of available processor cores was higher due to advancements in CPU technologies.
- This result used significantly more memory at higher speeds.
- No hard drive (disk spindles) was used in this result. NVMe drives were used for data, and SSDs for operating system and metadata, reducing the number of rack units needed to deliver the target performance.