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Comparing Network Appliance Throughput Across 2 Generations of Intel Core Platforms
Ondemand: Aired Live August 08, 2012 |
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Ever-increasing network traffic keeps system designers of application servers, network appliances, and other packet-processing devices constantly looking for new platforms that can cost effectively increase throughput. For this market, the 2011 introduction of 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processors (based on Intel® microarchitecture formerly codenamed “Sandy Bridge”) offers real performance gains over previous generation architecture. To find out how substantial these gains are, Lanner Electronics, an Associate member of the Intel® Embedded Alliance, conducted research on two generations of processors. Lanner engineers tested the throughput of one platform powered by an Intel® Core™ i5-660 processor at 3.33 GHz (based on the previous generation Intel® microarchitecture formerly codenamed “Nehalem”) and one platform powered by the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5-2400 processor at 3.1 GHz. Lab results show a uniform 20% increase in network throughput on the 2nd generation Intel Core processor-based system. This increase is found on both 2-port and 4-port configurations of the Intel® 82580 Ethernet controller. When comparing the platforms while using the Intel® 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller, the 2nd generation Intel Core processor-based system performs significantly better across all frame sizes on both short- and long-term tests. This leap in data plane processing by 2nd generation Intel Core processors demonstrates that Intel® processors continue to dominate performance in the network application domain. Speaker: Jesse Chiang- Network Computing Product Planner- Lanner Electronics, Inc Moderator: Curt Schwaderer, Technology Editor - OpenSystems Media |
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