Entry-Level Servers with outstanding dependability, performance and value
Boost performance and energy efciency with 45nm multi-core Intel® Xeon® processors
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Take your business to new levels with server platforms based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 3000
sequence and the Intel® 3200 chipsets. Featuring Intel’s 45nm next-generation processors based
on Intel’s enhanced core microarchitecture for entry-level servers that deliver a unique combination
of trusted Intel® server technology and exceptional value for small businesses. Intel's enhanced core
microarchitecture enables lower power consumption than previous generations of Intel® platforms
based on Intel® Pentium® processors, resulting in lower operating costs and reduced fan noise. The
faster 800 MHz DDR2 memory speed available with Intel 3200 chipset can offer higher performance
than previous-generation Intel 3000 chipset.
Intel Xeon processor 3000 sequence-based entry-level servers are designed with utility and versatility in
mind. They are ideal for small business owners looking for ways to grow business, manage opera tions more
effectively and efciently, and protect and secure one of their most important assets – information.
Intel® Xeon® processor-based entry-level servers build in proven performance,
manageability and reliability, allowing you to spend more time on moving your
business forward.
Trust your company to Intel’s proven server technology
With nearly 40 million Intel® processor-based servers shipped since 1996, and a 20-year track record of
delivering enterprise-class performance, more companies trust their businesses to Intel processor-based servers.
Intel processor-based entry-level servers give companies the reliability, performance, and tools they need to
focus on their business instead of their computers.
Our entry-level server platforms are comprehensive solutions. We combine effective technologies, software,
and industry alliances to give you servers optimized for your business with incredible value. Intel has used its
new process technology to extend its Intel® Core™ microarchitecture and provide compelling price performance
for value conscious customers. You can count on Intel to deliver superior quality and reliability to drive your
business forward.
The Ideal Entry-level Server
Our entry-level server platforms with Intel Xeon processor 3000 series and the Intel 3200 chipsets are ideal for value-conscious
organizations looking for their rst server or small HPC cluster with a close eye on their budget. These platforms offer industry-leading
performance coupled with Intel reliability to help drive your big ideas non-stop, and are dependable, efcient to set up and manage,
provide trouble-free operation and help ensure that your operational needs are met at every stage of your business growth. Our
entry-level server platforms integrate the most advanced technologies:
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• Intel® Xeon® processor 3300
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series are based on Intel Core microarchitecture, with
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Intel® 64 Architecture
processors deliver outstanding performance for today’s busi-
ness applications, capabilities to run a broad range of 32-bit
and 64-bit applications, and plenty of headroom for growth
for tomorrow.
• Power-efcient performance designed into the platform to
help reduce operating costs while delivering higher performance
than previous-generation Intel Pentium processor-based
server platforms. Lower power consumption can also result
in slower fans and quieter servers.
• The Intel® Xeon® processor L3360 provides a 30W reduction in
thermal design power (TDP) at the same frequency as the Intel
Xeon processor X3360. The Intel® Xeon® processor L3110
provides a 20W reduction in TDP at the same frequency as
the Intel Xeon processor E3110. The lower TDP makes these
processors ideal for building entry-level servers for thermally
sensitive, space-constrained environments.
series or Intel® Xeon® processor
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and 1333 MHz front-side bus. These
• Intel® Matrix Storage Technology quickly stores and retrieves
data, while protecting one of your company’s most important
assets – information – with RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 technology.
with integrated RAID 0, 1, 5, or 10 accelerates data access to
support high user productivity, and helps protect business
operations by allowing recovery of data.
Intel Matrix Storage Technology is built into the Intel® 82801IR I/O
controller hub (ICH9R). The ICH9R also supports both Serial ATA
(SATA) at 3 Gb/s with Native Command Queuing for high-speed
disk access, and legacy parallel hard drive interfaces for versatility
in a high-performance, entry-level server platform.
Cost-effective, Personal Supercomputing
Entry-level Intel server platforms are ideal for building small, cost-
effective HPC clusters that create high-performance, personal
supercomputing solutions, or workgroup clusters. 64-bit comput-
ing, up to 8 GB of high-speed DDR2 memory per processor, and
gigabit Ethernet LAN connectivity enable rapid solutions of the
large, complex problems found in technical computing.
Personal or workgroup clusters based on the Intel Xeon processor
3000 sequence offer an alternative for scientists and researchers
who normally have to share supercomputer or large-scale comput-
ing power within a laboratory or a company. Personal or workgroup
clusters allow scientists and researchers to be more productive
by allowing them to complete tasks on a local cluster more ef-
ciently and conveniently than on larger, shared, computer clusters.
In addition to both convenience and productivity, scientists and
researchers can gain performance capability to help process their
applications or simulations at a fraction of the cost of a full-scale
supercomputer.
These new platforms provide energy-efcient performance to help
you get high -end performance for thin or thick nodes at low power
levels, helping to keep the costs of running your personal cluster
low. The Intel Xeon processor 3000 sequence-based servers give
you essential server technologies to help improve your reliability
and data protection. They can help you solve tough problems for
less cost than traditional cluster technologies with the dependabil-
ity and integrity of Intel’s 20-year track record for delivering reliable,
high-performance solutions.
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Intel® Xeon® Processor-based Platforms Overview
Platform FeatureUser Benet
Intel® Xeon® processor
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3300
ser ies
Intel® Xeon® processor
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ser ies
Intel® Core™ microarchitecture
1333 MHz front-side bus
Dual-channel DDR2 memory
with ECC
Intel® 64 Architecture
Intel® Virtualization Technology
for directed I/O
PCI Express* serial I/O
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• Based on Intel® Core™ microarchitecture
• 64-bit computing
• Up to 12 MB on-die cache
• 1333 MHz front-side bus
• Based on Intel Core microarchitecture
• 64-bit computing
• 1333 MHz front-side bus
• Better performance on multiple application types and user environments at a substantially reduced power envelope
• Up to 10.6 Gb/s with 1333 MHz
• Up to 8 GB dual-channel DDR2 Error Correcting Code (ECC) memory with Intel® 3200 chipset that checks and
corrects many common system memory errors
• Enables extended memory addressability for server applications
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• Enables more operating systems and software to run in today’s virtual environments
• Developed with virtualization software providers to enable greater functionality and compatibility compared to
non-hardware-assisted virtual environments
• Intel® Virtualization Technology provides hardware assist to virtualization software, enabling your servers to
support both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems and applications on the same server. Implementing virtualization enables businesses to get the most out of server investment by running more applications on each server.
• Industry-standard serial I/O capable of up to 4 Gb/s peak bandwidth with x8 link with Intel 3200 chipset
What is the 3000 Sequence?
At Intel, our processor sequence numbers are intended to help clarify processor features, capabilities and intended usages.
Intel offers four processor number sequences for server applications:
Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution. Executes more instructions per
clock with as much as a 33 percent wider execution path for each
processor core compared to previous Intel microarchitectures.
Intel® Intelligent Power Capability. Manages power consump-
tion of all execution units in the core to help optimize energy usage.
Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 (SSE4). Provides building blocks
for delivering expanded capabilities, enhanced performance, and
greater energy efciency for many applications.
Intel® Advanced Smart Cache. A large on-die cache that reduces
latency to data, helping to improve performance and power ef ciency.
Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost. Executes complete 128-bit
instructions in one clock cycle instead of two cycles, as in previous
microarchitectures, for improved performance of streaming instruc-
tions (SSE/SSE2/SSE3/SSE4). The enhanced Intel Core microarchitec-
ture features a new Super Shufe Engine, which improves existing
SSE instructions while enabling signicant gains on the latest SSE4
instruction set.
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For more information on
performance, please visit
www.intel.com/performance
Server and HPC Performance
• BenchmarkDescriptionforSPECcpu*2006suite(SPECint*_rate_base2006 & SPECfp*_rate_base2006): SP EC CPU2006 is the industry-adopted, CPU-intensive b enchmark which
stresses the system processor(s), memory subsystem, and compiler. Derived from 29 real user applications, CPU2006 provides a comparison across the widest practical range of hard-
ware reporting a geometric mean ratio score on a baseline compiled binary.
• Best1-socketSPECfp*_rate_base2006 Intel internal measurement results as of January 7, 2008:
– Intel® Pentium® D Processor plat form (score 19.8): Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY* RX100S4 server plat form using one Intel Pentium D processor 945 3.40GHz, 4MB L2 cache, 800MHz
bus, 8GB memo ry (4x2GB D DR2 PC4200E, 2-rank, CL4, ECC), 64-bit SUSE LINUX* Enterprise Server 10 2.6.16.21-08smp, Intel® C++ Compiler for IA32/EM 64T version 9.1. Source
www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q3/cpu2006-20070619-01288.html.
64-bit SuSE* LINUX Enterprise Server 10, Intel® C++ and Fortran Compiler for LINUX32 and LINUX64 version 10.1. Source: www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q4/cpu200620071210-02855.html.
64-bit SuSE* LINUX Enterprise Server 10, Intel® C++ Complier and Fortran Compiler for LINUX* version 10.1. Source: www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q4/cpu2006-20071203-
GB (4x 2 GB DDR2-800), 64-bit SuSE* LINUX Enterprise Server 10, Intel® C++ and Fortran Compiler for LINUX32 and LINUX64 version 10.1. Source: TR#842 as of 7 Jan 08.
• Best1-socketSPECint*_rate_base2006 published and Intel internal measurement results as of January 7, 2008:
– Intel® Pentium® D Processor platform (sco re 20.6): Fujitsu-Siemens* Primergy* R X100S4 using Intel Pentium D processor 945 (3.40 GHz , 2x 2 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz bus), 8 GB (4x 2 GB
DDR2 PC4200E, 2-rank, CL4, ECC), 64-bit SuSE* LINUX Enterprise Server 10 2.6.16.21-08smp, Intel® C++ Compiler for IA32/EM64T version 9.1. Source: www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/
res2007q3/cpu2006-20070619-01287.html.
SuSE* LINUX Enterprise Server 10, Intel® C++ Compiler for LINUX32 and LINUX64 version 10.1. Source: www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q4/cpu2006-20071210- 02852.html.
64-bit SuSE* LINUX Enterprise Server 10, Intel® C++ Complier Compiler for LINUX* version 10.1. Source: www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/res2007q4/cpu2006-20071203-02759.html.
(4x 2 GB DDR2-800), 64-bit SuSE* LINUX Enterprise Server 10, Intel® C++ Compiler for LINUX32 and LINUX64 version 10.1. Source: TR#842 as of 7 Jan 08.
• BenchmarkDescriptionforSPECjbb*2005: SPEC Java Business Benchmark 2005 (jbb2005). Written in Java, this multi-threaded benchmark emulates an order processing environment
in a company with multiple wareh ouses serving multip le customers. Measures average transaction throughput of a heavily loaded ser ver. Performance reported in Business Operations
per Se cond (BOP S).
• Best 1-socket SPECjbb*2005 published as of March 2009 and Intel internal measurements as of July 2008:
– Intel® Xeon® Processor E3110 platform (score 98,241 SPECjbb2005 bops): Intel 3210 Chipset-based ser ver platform using Intel Xeon processor E3110 (3.00 GHz , 1333 MHz bus, 6MB L2
cache), 8192 MB RAM, Microsoft Windows* Server 2008 Enterprise x64 (64 -bit), BEA JRockit* 6.0 (R 27.5.0-110-94909-1.6.0 _03-20080214-1558-windows-x86_ 64). Source: TR#934
as of Ju ly 08.
6MB L2 cache), 8192 MB RAM, Microsoft Windows* Server 2008 Enterprise x64 (64-bit), BEA JRockit* 6.0 (R27.5.0-110-94909-1.6.0_ 03-20080214-1558-windows-x86_64). Source:
TR#934 as of July 08 .
12MB L2 cache), 8192 MB R AM, Microsoft Windows* Server 2008 Enter prise x64 (64-bit), BEA JRockit* 6.0 (R27.5.0-110-94909-1.6.0_ 03-20 080214-1558-windows-x86_64). Source:
TR#934 as of July 08 .
– Intel® Xeon® Processor X3370 platform (score 181,467 SPECjbb2005 bops): Intel® 3210 Chipset-based ser ver platform using Intel Xeon processor X3370 (3.00 GHz , 1333 MHz bus,
12MB L2 cache), 8192 MB R AM, Microsoft Windows* Server 2008 Enter prise x64 (64-bit), BEA JRockit* 6.0 (R27.5.0-110-94909-1.6.0_ 03-20 080214-1558-windows-x86_64).
Source : TR#934 as of July 08.
– Intel® Xeon® Processor X3380 platfor m (sco re 211,144 SPECjbb2005 bo ps): Intel® 3210 Ch ipset-based ser ver platform using Intel Xeon proces sor X3380 (3.16 GHz, 1333 MHz bus,
12MB L2 cache), 8192 MB R AM, Microsoft Windows* Server 2008 Enter prise x64 (64-bit), BEA JRockit* 6.0 (R27.5.0-110-94909-1.6.0_ 03-20 080214-1558-windows-x86_64). Source:
www.spec.org/jbb2005/results/res2009q1/jbb2005-20090220-00576.html.
• BenchmarkDescriptionforSPECPower_ssj2008: New industr y-standard benchmark for measuring energy efciency of volume servers usin g a S erver-side Java* application
(similar to SPECjbb*2005). The graduated workload measures AC system power consumption in relation to performance and is reported as overall ssj_ops/watt result.
Best 1-socket SPECPower_ssj2008 published as of March 2009 and Intel internal measurements as of July 2008:
6MB L2 cache), 4 096 MB RAM, Microsoft Windows* Server 2008 Enterprise x64 SP2 (64 -bit), BEA JRockit* 6.0 (R27.5.0 -110-94909 -1.6.0_03-20080214-1558-windows-x86_6 4).
Source : TR#945 as of J uly 08.
– Intel® Xeon® Processor E3120 platform (score 529 SPECPower_s sj2008 ops/watt): Intel® 3210 Chipset-based server platform using Intel Xeon proces sor E3120 (3.16 GHz , 1333 MHz
bus, 6MB L2 cache), 4096 MB R AM, Microsoft Windows* Ser ver 2008 Enterprise x64 SP2 (64-bit), B EA JRockit* 6.0 (R27.5.0-110-94909-1.6.0_03-20080214-1558-windows-x8 6_64).
Source : TR#945 as of J uly 08.
– Intel® Xeon® Processor X3360 platform (score 746 SPECPower_ssj2008 ops /watt): Intel® 3210 Chipset-based server platform using Intel Xeon process or X3360 (2.83 GHz,
1333 MHz bus, 12MB L2 cache), 4096 MB RAM, Microsoft Windows* Server 2008 Enterprise x64 SP2 (64-bit), BEA JRockit* 6.0 (R27.5.0-110-94909-1.6.0_03-20080214-1558windows-x86_64). Source: TR#945 as of July 08.
– Intel® Xeon® Processor X3370 platform (score 782 SP ECPower_ssj2008 ops /watt): Intel® 3210 Chipset-based server platform using Intel Xeon process or X3370 (3.0 GHz, 1333
MHz bus, 12MB L2 cache), 4096 MB RAM, Microsoft Windows* Server 2008 Enterprise x64 SP2 (64-bit), BEA JRockit* 6.0 (R27.5.0-110-94909-1.6.0_03-20080214-1558windows-x86_64). Source: TR#945 as of July 08.
• BenchmarkDescriptionforFluent*:Fluent is a commercial engineering application used to model computational uid dynamics. The benchmark consists of 9 standard workloads orga-
nized into small, me dium and large models. These comparisons use all but the largest of the models which does not t into th e 8GB of memory available on the platforms. The Rating, the
default Fluent metric, was used in calculating the ratio of the platforms by taking a geometric mean of the 8 workload ratings measured.
– Intel® Xeon® Processor 3085 platfo rm (score 1611.1/avg sys watts 131; E3110 score 1874/avg sy s wat ts 106.6; X3230 score 2294.3/avg sys watts 192.3; X3360 score 2976/avg sys
watts 128.3): Intel® 3210 C hipset-based server platfo rm using Intel® Xeon® Processor 3085 (3.00 GHz, 4 MB ca che, 1333 FSB), E3110 (3.00 GHz , 6 MB cache, 1333 FSB, 45nm), X3230
(2.66 GHz, 8 MB ca che, 1066 FSB), or X3360 (2.83 GHz, 12 MB cache, 1333 FSB, 45nm), 4x 2 GB DDR2-800 ECC CL5 DIMMs, 120 GB SATA HDD, Red Hat* Enterprise LINUX 64-bit.
Source : Intel interna l measureme nts TR#823/8 44.
• BenchmarkDescriptionforAmber*:A package of molecula r simulation programs. The workload measures the number of problems solved per day (P S) using eight standard
molecular dynamic simulations. See amber.ch.ic.ac.uk/amber9.bench1.html for more information.
watts 139.8): Intel® 3210 Chipset-based server platform using Intel Xeon Processo r 30 85 (3.00 GHz, 4 MB ca che, 1333 FSB), E3110 (3.00 GHz , 6 MB cache, 1333 FSB, 45nm), X3230
(2.66 GHz, 8 MB ca che, 1066 FSB), or X3360 (2.83 GHz, 12 MB cache, 1333 FSB, 45nm), 4x 2 GB DDR2-800 ECC CL5 DIMMs, 120 GB SATA HDD, Red Hat* Enterprise LINUX 64-bit.
Source : Intel interna l measureme nts TR#823/8 44.
SPECint*2006 and SPECfp*2006 benchmar k tests reect the performance of the microp rocessor, memory architect ure and compiler of a computer sys tem o n compute-intensive, 32-bit
or 64-bit applicatio ns. SPEC benchmark tes ts results for Intel microprocessors are determined using particular, well-congured systems. These results may or may not reect the relative
performance of Intel microprocessor in systems with different hardware or software designs or congurations (including compilers). Buyers should consult other sources of information,
including system benchmarks, to evaluate the perfo rmance of systems they are considering purchasing. SPECcpu*2006 suite including SPECint2006 a nd SPECfp2006 are registered
trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).
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Intel® proc essor number s are not a mea sure of performanc e. Processo r numbers dif ferentiate f eatures withi n each proce ssor series, not across di fferent pro cessor
sequences. See ww w.intel.com/product s/processo r_number for details.
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64-bit computing on Intel® architecture requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, operating system, device drivers and applications enabled for Intel®
64 architecture. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software congurations. Consult with your system vendor for more information.
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Intel® Virtualization Technology requires a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, virtual machine monitor (VMM) and applications enabled for virtualization
technology. Functionality, per formance or other virtualization technology benets will vary depending on hardware and software congurations. Virtualization technology-
enabled BIOS and VMM applications are currently in development.
Perfo rmance tests and ratings a re measured us ing specic computer syst ems and/or co mponents and reect the approximate per formance of Intel produc ts as
measured by those tes ts. Any difference in system hard ware or soft ware design o r congurati on may affec t actual per formance. Buyers should c onsult other
source s of informat ion to evaluate the perfor mance of syste ms or compon ents they are c onsidering purchasing. Fo r more inform ation on per formance te sts and on
the per formance of Intel products, visit w ww.intel.com/perf ormance/res ources/lim its.htm or ca ll (U.S.) 1-80 0-628- 8686 or 1- 916-356 -3104.
All dat es and produc ts specied are for planning pur poses only an d are subject to change wit hout notice.
Relativ e performance for each b enchmark is calculated by taking the ac tual benchma rk result for the rst plat form tested and assigning it a value of 1.0 as a
baselin e. Relative perfor mance for the remaining pl atforms test ed was calcul ated by dividing the a ctual benchm ark result fo r the baselin e platform i nto each of the
specic benc hmark result s of each of th e other platforms and ass igning them a relative per formance number th at correlate s with the perfor mance improve ments
repor ted.
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