Update for Microsoft Windows Server 2003: KB823728
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 17 November 2003 - 23:16 · 1 comment & 342 views
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This update addresses the following issue for Windows Server 2003: "Windows Server 2003 Stops Responding After You Install an Array Controller." You can read more about the issue in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Article 823728. After you install this item, you may need to restart your computer.
The benchmark updates tell us the following story, here compared with rival Xeons from Intel:
SPECint®_rate2000 2P Servers
Opteron 248 33.1 (109%)
Opteron 246 30.5 (100%)
Xeon 3.2 GHz (1 MB L3) 28.3 (93%)
Xeon 3.06 GHz (1 MB L3) 27.4 (90%)
The use of PC3200 memory gives, Opteron a further boost:
SPECfp®_rate2000 2P Servers
Opteron 248 31.6 (106%)
Opteron 246 29.9 (100%)
Xeon 3.2 GHz (1 MB L3) 21.1 (71%)
Xeon 3.06 GHz (1 MB L3) 20.8 (70%)
Xeon is not even in the same league, and its scaling is poor against Opteron.
SPECweb®99_ssl 2P Servers
Opteron 248 2240 (112%)
Opteron 246 2000 (100%)
Xeon 3.2 GHz (1 MB L3) 1440 (72%)
Xeon 3.06 GHz (1 MB L3) 1382 (69%)
SPECjbb®2000 Performance 1P Servers
Opteron 248 38222 (109%)
Opteron 246 35115 (100%)
Another solid Opteron showing. I couldn't find any recent submissions for Xeon, for some reason.
SPECjbb®2000 Performance 2P Servers
Opteron 248 64427 (106%)
Xeon 3.2 GHz (1 MB L3) 61096 (100%)
Opteron 246 60865 (100%)
Xeon 3.06 GHz (1 MB L3) 57653 (95%)
Xeon is now showing respectable performance, but it's still not good enough to overcome Opteron.
SPECjbb®2000 Performance 4P Servers
Opteron 848 113473 (105%)
Opteron 846 107786 (100%)
Xeon 2.8 GHz (2 MB L3) 94405 (88%)