Dell PowerEdge 2970 Barcelona

Categories » Servers » Products » Dell PowerEdge 2970 Barcelona

Dell PowerEdge 2970 Barcelona

General
Brand	Dell
Product name	PowerEdge 2970 Barcelona
Tested by HWI
Release date	17/09/2007
Price (min. / avg.)	-

Specifications
Processor type: AMD Opteron 2350 , Capacity: 8 GB , Casing type: Rackmount
Click here for additional specifications

Reviews
New quad core server CPUs: AMD Barcelona vs. Intel Harpertown	Hardware.Info
Click here to see all reviews

General
Brand	Dell
Product name	PowerEdge 2970 Barcelona
Tested by	Koen Crijns
Processor
Processor type	AMD Opteron 2350
Number of processors	2
Cores per processors	4
Total number of cores	8
Clock frequency	2.0 GHz
Frontside bus	1000 MHz
L1 cache per CPU	512 kB
L2 cache per CPU	2 MB
L3 cache per CPU	2 MB
Memory
Capacity	8 GB
Amount of modules	8
Type of modules	DDR2
Rating	667 MHz
Brand + Model	Samsung PC2-5300P-555-12-H3
Mainboard
Brand + Model	Dell
North bridge	Broadcom HT-2100
South bridge	Broadcom HT-1000
Processor sockets	2
DIMM slots	8
PCI-Express x8	3
PCI-Express x4	0
PCI-X	0
Integrated video	ATI ES1000
LAN
LAN 1	Broadcom BCM5708
LAN 1 - Speed	1000 Mbit/s
LAN 1 - Controller	PCI-Express
LAN 2	Broadcom BCM5708
LAN 2 - Speed	1000 Mbit/s
LAN 2 - Controller	PCI-Express
Storage
User controller	Dell PERC 5/i
Cache on controller	256 MB
Amount of harddisks	4
Max. amount of harddisks	8
Harddisk model	Fujitsu MAY2036RC
Capacity per harddisk	36 GB
Rotation speed harddisks	10000 rpm
Cache per harddisk	16 MB
Interface	SAS
RAID level	10
Hard disks hotswappable
Casing
Brand + Model	Dell Poweredge
Casing type	Rackmount
Rack height	2 U
Fans	4
Hotswappable fans
Power supply
Amount of PSU's	1
Brand + Model	Dell N750P-S0
Power	750 W
Other
Optical drive	Slimline DVD-ROM
Fibre Channel controller
Remote Management Module
Benchmarks - CPU
Cinebench 9.5 x64	1623
SunGuard AA	366.9 sec.
Cinebench 10 x64	13002
PovRay 3.7b21 - Benchmark 1024x768	445.4 sec.
FlamMap FSPRO benchmark	589 sec.
Caselab Euler3D benchmark	90.1 sec.
Half Life 2 - Build Map benchmark	121 sec.
Benchmarks - Memory
Rightmark Memory Analyzer - Multi-threaded Read	15427 MB/s
Rightmark Memory Analyzer - Multi-threaded Write	11249 MB/s
Benchmarks - Storage
IOMeter - Fileserver - 1 I/O	381.2 IOps
IOMeter - Fileserver - 4 I/O	820.6 IOps
IOMeter - Fileserver - 16 I/O	1235.1 IOps
IOMeter - Fileserver - 64 I/O	1711.4 IOps
IOMeter - Fileserver - 256 I/O	1792.4 IOps
IOMeter - Database - 1 I/O	289.4 IOps
IOMeter - Database - 4 I/O	648.5 IOps
IOMeter - Database - 16 I/O	1059.6 IOps
IOMeter - Database - 64 I/O	1496.8 IOps
IOMeter - Database - 256 I/O	1567.2 IOps
Benchmarks - Power usage
Idle Power usage	236 W
SunGuard AA - Power usage	301 W
Rightmark Memory Analyzer - MT Read - Power usage	305 W
Benchmarks - Spec CPU 2006
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 400.perlbench	74.8
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 401.bzip2	56.5
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 403.gcc	32.0
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 445.gobmk	76.5
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 456.hmmer	58.4
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 458.sjeng	75.1
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 462.libquantum	64.5
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 464.h264ref	141
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 471.omnetpp	38.0
SPECint_rate_base_2006 - 473.aster	52.2
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 410.bwaves	51.2
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 416.gamess	67.6
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 433.milc	44.4
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 434.zeusmp	65.9
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 436.cactusADM	71.3
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 437.leslie3D	38.7
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 444.namd	53.6
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 447.dealII	74.6
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 450.soplex	39.3
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 453.povray	89.5
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 454.calculix	33.7
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 459.GemsFDTF	34.3
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 465.tonto	52.6
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 470.lbm	43.5
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 481.wrf	63.6
SPECfp_rate_base_2006 - 482.sphinx3	64.4
User compiler for SPEC CPU 2006	PGI 7.0.7

The specifications displayed on this page have been composed with the utmost care; however Hardware.Info cannot be held responsible for omissions or errors which may incidentally occur in the provided data, nor can any rights be derived from the information displayed on this page. Hardware.Info advises you to always verify the specifications directly with the manufacturer and/or supplier before purchase.

Hardware.Info product reviews
	New quad core server CPUs: AMD Barcelona vs. Intel Harpertown Which quad core server CPU wins the day?	18/09/2007
Last week AMD finally, after months of postponing, introduced its quad core Opteron processors, better known by their codename Barcelona. However, AMD is not the only one with a new product; on the first day of the 2007 Fall IDF, Intel will be unveiling its second generation quad core Xeon server processors, which so far has been referred to as Harpertown. Both manufacturers promise better performance than ever before, and both emphasise especially the improvements made when it comes to performance-per-watt. For the past few days we have been testing a Dell pre-production Barcelona server and a Supermicro pre-production Harpertown server, in order to find out which of the competing CPU manufacturers has the best offer in the very popular dual socket server market. Read more

Hardware.Info product reviews

New quad core server CPUs: AMD Barcelona vs. Intel Harpertown

Which quad core server CPU wins the day?

18/09/2007

Last week AMD finally, after months of postponing, introduced its quad core Opteron processors, better known by their codename Barcelona. However, AMD is not the only one with a new product; on the first day of the 2007 Fall IDF, Intel will be unveiling its second generation quad core Xeon server processors, which so far has been referred to as Harpertown. Both manufacturers promise better performance than ever before, and both emphasise especially the improvements made when it comes to performance-per-watt. For the past few days we have been testing a Dell pre-production Barcelona server and a Supermicro pre-production Harpertown server, in order to find out which of the competing CPU manufacturers has the best offer in the very popular dual socket server market.

Read more