Dell PowerEdge C5220 Test Report page 2

DELL POWEREDGE C5220 AND HADOOP – BETTER TOGETHER
Figure 1: The Dell PowerEdge
C5220 microserver provides
power and reliability in a tight
and dense form factor, within
the C5000 shared
infrastructure.
Dell PowerEdge C5220
Dell PowerEdge C5220: Hadoop MapReduce Performance
Today's marketplace has moved beyond the structural confines of relational
data and up to the category of "big data." Companies with hyperscale data centers are
dealing with tremendous amounts of existing data, with massive data growth on the
horizon. They require a reliable and powerful hardware platform, along with a reliable
and fast software platform on which to process this big data. The Dell PowerEdge C
series servers provide this solid infrastructure for companies to offer their data
processing capabilities. Integrating many PowerEdge C servers together in a Hadoop
cluster allows these companies to quickly and efficiently process large datasets.
In our lab tests, we configured eight Dell PowerEdge C5220 microservers into a
Hadoop cluster and ran the MapReduce benchmark on the cluster to demonstrate the
capabilities of the Dell PowerEdge C platform. Below we discuss the Dell PowerEdge
C5220 microserver, our test topology, and our results in more detail.
The Dell PowerEdge C5220
microserver is a highly dense small-
form-factor server mounted on a sled,
which is housed in a Dell PowerEdge
C5000 shared infrastructure enclosure,
offering up to 12 microservers in a 3U
rack density. These high physical
densities offer massive scale-out
configurations, and are ideal for service
providers and large data centers that
need optimized space, power, and
cooling infrastructure. Each server, all
cold-aisle accessible for maintenance,
features processing power from the Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 series, up to 32GB RAM
Highlights of the Dell
PowerEdge C5220
 Up to 12 PowerEdge C5220 microservers in a
single 3U C5000 chassis
 Cold aisle serviceability
 Shared infrastructure uses less floor space,
power, and cooling
 Dense form factor ideal for service providers,
hosting platforms, and hyperscale
environments
 Up to 6TB raw storage in a single
microserverEmbedded chassis management
control
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