Specifications

A Principled Technologies test report 9
Hardware upgrades to improve database, SharePoint, Exchange, and
file server performance with the Intel processor-powered Dell
PowerEdge T630
System
Dell PowerEdge R910
Dell PowerEdge T630
HP ProLiant ML350 G6
Speed running in the
system (MHz)
1,066
2,133
1,066
Size (GB)
16
16
8
Number of RAM
module(s)
64
24
8
Rank
Quad
Dual
Quad
Disks
First hard drive
Vendor and model
number
Seagate® ST9300653SS
Seagate ST1000NM0023
HP Branded
2 × Toshiba® MBF2300RC,
6 × Seagate ST9146852SS
Number of disks in
system
16
18
8
Size (GB)
300
1,024
2 × 300, 6 × 176
Type
15K SAS 12Gb/s
7.2K SAS 6Gb/s
10k SAS / 15k SAS
Firmware
YS08, A04
GS0D, 1V02
HPD4/HPDE
Second hard drive
Vendor and model
number
N/A
SDLFOC7M800G1H
N/A
Number of disks in
system
N/A
4
N/A
Size (GB)
N/A
800
N/A
Type
N/A
SATA SSD 6Gb/s
N/A
Firmware
N/A
1DM2
N/A
Disk controller
Vendor and model
Dell PERC H700
Dell PERC H730P
HP Smart Array P410i
Controller cache (MB)
512
2,048
512
Controller driver
6.600.21.8
6.602.7.0
6.28.0.64
Controller firmware
12.10.2-0004,A08
25.2.1.0026
6.40 (B)
Operating system
Name
Microsoft Windows Server
2012 R2 Datacenter
Microsoft Windows Server
2012 R2 Datacenter
Microsoft Windows Server
2008 R2 Datacenter
Build number
9600
9600
7601
File system
NTFS
NTFS
NTFS
Language
English
English
English
Ethernet
Vendor and model
number
Broadcom® BCM5708C
NetXtreme® II GigE
Intel Gigabit Dual Port I350-
t Adapter
HP NC326i
Type
Integrated
Integrated
Integrated
Driver
7.4.23.2
12.3.35.0
16.4.0.1
Optical drive(s)
Vendor and model
number
TEAC DVD-ROM DV28SV
LDS DVD+-RW DH-16AES
HP DVD-ROM TS-H353C
Type
DVD Reader
DVD Writer
DVD Reader