Installation guide

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Table 1. Recommended Configuration metrics and storage type options
Number
HP ProLiant
Server Model
User Count
Database Size
TB
Business
OLTP Transactions
per Hour
Storage
Type
1
DL980 G7 (4p/32c)
6,000
8
35,000,000
Flash
2
DL980 G7 (4p/40c)
13,000
15
70,000,000
Flash
3
DL980 G7 (8p/80c)
26,000
25
150,000,000
Flash
The first configuration using four Intel Xeon E7-2830 processors utilizes direct attached storage (DAS)
with two HP VMA controllers and Memory Arrays. The second configuration using four Intel Xeon
E7-4870 processors utilizes DAS with four HP VMA Memory Arrays and the third configuration uses
eight Intel Xeon E7-4870 processors with eight HP VMA Memory Arrays. Additional information on
these VMA products can be found in the Storage configuration details section.
The tables below list the supported Intel Xeon processors, memory DIMMs, and PCI expansion slots
for the ProLiant DL980 G7 server. This information is included to help determine how the
recommended configurations can be modified to support different workload sizes or user
combinations.
Table 2. Supported E7 Family Processors
Processor Type Intel Xeon
Cores
Max Cores in a
DL980 G7
E7-4870 (30MB Cache, 2.4GHz, 130W, 6.4 GT/s QPI)
10
80
E7-2860 (24MB Cache, 2.26GHz, 130W, 6.4 GT/s QPI)
10
80
E7-2850 (24MB Cache, 2.00GHz, 130W, 6.4 GT/s QPI)
10
80
E7-2830 (24M Cache, 2.13 GHz, 105W, 6.4 GT/s QPI)
8
64
E7-4807 (18M Cache, 1.86GHz, 95W, 4.8 GT/s QPI )
6
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Note:
The Intel Xeon processor E7 series supports Hyper-Threading (HT). HT is
recommended and was tested in our configurations. However it is good
practice to test HT with your particular application.