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When you need more computing power from your data center, upgrading to hardware with new processor technologies, architecture, and storage can be a great way to improve performance and get the most from precious space.
Our hands-on testing explored the amount of Microsoft SQL Server transaction-processing work that two VMware® vSAN™ workload clusters could achieve within the same MX7000 chassis. One workload cluster comprised current-generation 14G Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c servers, and the other had new PowerEdge MX750c servers powered by 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors. The next-generation cluster achieved 36.1 percent more SQL Server transaction- processing work in terms of database orders per minute (OPM). At the same time, the current- generation cluster also reduced application response time by 8 percent compared to the previous-generation PowerEdge MX740c cluster.
These results indicate that by selecting next- generation servers in the same chassis, you could scale SQL Server performance within the same data center footprint.