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Principled Technologies, Inc.: Cisco blade solution vs. HP blade solution: Full
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Figure 2 shows the power per blade while running the Prime95 In-place large FFTs torture test workload. The
Cisco blade solution used 10.2 percent less overall power per blade than the HP blade solution. The 8-blade
Cisco blade solution used 340.9 watts per blade while under full load, while the 16-blade HP blade solution used
379.5 watts per blade while under full load. Lower power is better.
Cisco blade solution used 10.2 percent less overall power per blade than the HP blade solution. The 8-blade
Cisco blade solution used 340.9 watts per blade while under full load, while the 16-blade HP blade solution used
379.5 watts per blade while under full load. Lower power is better.
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Figure 2: Prime95 power results for the Cisco and HP blade solutions running Prim95. Lower numbers are
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In addition to measuring the blade solution at full load, we also measured the power the blade solution used while
the blades were idle. As Figure 3 shows, the Cisco blade solution used 3.3 percent less overall power per blade
while idle than the HP blade solution. The 8-blade Cisco blade solution used 118.8 watts per blade while idle, and
the 16-blade HP blade solution used 122.8 watts per blade while idle. Lower idle power is better.
the blades were idle. As Figure 3 shows, the Cisco blade solution used 3.3 percent less overall power per blade
while idle than the HP blade solution. The 8-blade Cisco blade solution used 118.8 watts per blade while idle, and
the 16-blade HP blade solution used 122.8 watts per blade while idle. Lower idle power is better.
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Figure 3: Idle power results for the Cisco and HP blade solutions. Lower numbers are better.
Cisco is
10.2% better
Cisco is
3.3% better