Intel Xeon® Processor E5502 (4M Cache, 1.86 GHz, 4.80 GT/s QPI) BX80602E5502 User Manual
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BX80602E5502
A Giant Leap for IT and Business Capabilities
In many organizations, IT infrastructure has begun to constrain business efficiency
and growth. For the past decade, IT has rapidly added low-cost hardware to accom-
modate business growth. But with data centers now stretched to capacity in
terms of power, cooling, and floor space, IT infrastructure is actually limiting IT from
investing in innovation. IDC estimates that for every dollar IT spends on hardware
to support new users and applications, they spend another 50 cents on power
and cooling for existing hardware.
and growth. For the past decade, IT has rapidly added low-cost hardware to accom-
modate business growth. But with data centers now stretched to capacity in
terms of power, cooling, and floor space, IT infrastructure is actually limiting IT from
investing in innovation. IDC estimates that for every dollar IT spends on hardware
to support new users and applications, they spend another 50 cents on power
and cooling for existing hardware.
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As data centers reach the upper limits of their
power and cooling capacity, efficiency has become
the focus of extending the life of existing data
centers and designing new ones. As part of these
efforts, IT needs to refresh existing infrastruc-
ture with servers that deliver more performance
and scalability, more efficiently. The Intel® Xeon®
processor 5500
power and cooling capacity, efficiency has become
the focus of extending the life of existing data
centers and designing new ones. As part of these
efforts, IT needs to refresh existing infrastruc-
ture with servers that deliver more performance
and scalability, more efficiently. The Intel® Xeon®
processor 5500
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series provides a foundation for
IT management to refresh existing or design new
data centers to achieve greater performance while
using less energy and space, and dramatically
reducing operating costs. This groundbreaking
intelligent server technology features:
data centers to achieve greater performance while
using less energy and space, and dramatically
reducing operating costs. This groundbreaking
intelligent server technology features:
• Intelligent Performance that automatically
optimizes performance to fit business and
application requirements.
application requirements.
• Automated Energy Efficiency that scales
energy usage to the workload to achieve optimal
performance/watt and reduce operating costs.
performance/watt and reduce operating costs.
• Flexible virtualization that offers best-in-class
performance and manageability in virtualized
environments to improve IT infrastructure and
reduce costs.
environments to improve IT infrastructure and
reduce costs.
New standard business servers, high-performance
computing (HPC) systems, and workstations built
with this new generation of Intel® Microarchitecture,
codenamed Nehalem, offer an unprecedented
opportunity to dramati cally advance the effici-
ency of IT infrastructure and provide unmatched
business capabilities.
computing (HPC) systems, and workstations built
with this new generation of Intel® Microarchitecture,
codenamed Nehalem, offer an unprecedented
opportunity to dramati cally advance the effici-
ency of IT infrastructure and provide unmatched
business capabilities.
Refreshing ROI
Research shows that upgrading to multi-core
servers with higher performing, more efficient
processors can accelerate data center ROI, saving
on power and cooling, space, labor, and software
licensing costs. By refreshing IT infrastructure with
more energy-efficient systems, you gain capacity
to grow and to increase IT performance. The cost
savings from energy alone will pay for new servers
in about eight months.
servers with higher performing, more efficient
processors can accelerate data center ROI, saving
on power and cooling, space, labor, and software
licensing costs. By refreshing IT infrastructure with
more energy-efficient systems, you gain capacity
to grow and to increase IT performance. The cost
savings from energy alone will pay for new servers
in about eight months.
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With up to 9x the performance compared to installed
single-core servers,
single-core servers,
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up to 50 percent lower server idle
power compared to the previous generation,
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and
unique virtualization capabilities, Intel Microarchitecture
Nehalem lets you deliver more business results from
every clock cycle, every IT man-hour, every watt, and
every inch of data center space. The lower TCO and
groundbreaking performance of the Intel Xeon
processor 5500 series offers the opportunity to
transform the competitiveness of your business
and the economics of your data center.
Nehalem lets you deliver more business results from
every clock cycle, every IT man-hour, every watt, and
every inch of data center space. The lower TCO and
groundbreaking performance of the Intel Xeon
processor 5500 series offers the opportunity to
transform the competitiveness of your business
and the economics of your data center.
The Intel® Xeon®
processor 5500
series can dramatically
advance the efficiency
of IT infrastructure and
provide unmatched
business capabilities.
processor 5500
series can dramatically
advance the efficiency
of IT infrastructure and
provide unmatched
business capabilities.
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