System information

A Principled Technologies test report 10
Comparing performance and cost: Dell PowerEdge VRTX vs.
legacy hardware solution
APPENDIX A – SYSTEM CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
Figures 10 through 12 provide detailed configuration information for the test systems.
System
Dell PowerEdge VRTX solution
Enclosure
Compute node enclosure
Dell PowerEdge VRTX
General dimensions of compute node enclosure
Height (inches)
8
Width (inches)
19
Depth (inches)
29.5
U size in server rack equivalent (U)
5
Power supplies
Total number
4
Vendor and model number
Dell 80 Plus Platinum E1100E-S0 (P/N 0YT39Y)
Wattage of each (W)
1,100
Cooling fans
Total number
6
Vendor and model number
Delta Electronics, Inc.
Dimensions (h x w) of each
60 mm x 60 mm
Volts
12
Chassis RAID controller
Vendor and model number
Dell SPERC8
Firmware version
23.8.1-0009
Cache size (GB)
1
Chassis shared hard drives
Hard drive #1
Vendor and model number
Seagate® ST300MM0006
Number of drives
5
Size (GB)
300
RPM
10,000
Hard drive #2
Vendor and model number
Western Digital WD3000BKHG
Number of drives
10
Size (GB)
300
RPM
10,000
Chassis USB ports
Number
2
Type
2.0
Platform
Vendor and model number
Dell PowerEdge M620
Motherboard model number
0VHRN7A05
Motherboard chipset
Intel C600
BIOS name and version
Dell BIOS 1.7.0
BIOS settings
Default