SOLUTION BRIEF

Summary
Cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) data center
deployments offer significant ROI improvement potential.
Supermicro X12 single-socket Mainstream 1U server systems candeliver these ROI improvements with the latest hybrid cloudservice from Microsoft. These X12 servers support Azure Stack
HCI to offer the latest security, performance, and features thatdeliver the highest HCI hybrid cloud performance and efficiency.
The Supermicro X12 single-socket Mainstream 1U system offers
many attractive HCI and hybrid cloud features, including thelatest 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, All-Flash NVMe
storage, and PCI-E 4.0.
Configured as a cluster and compared to an X11 dual-socket
Ultra server cluster supporting Azure Stack HCI, the X12 singlesocket Mainstream 1U system offers a per-node 40%+performance increase and 30%+ improvement in power use, for
a 100%+ increase in performance-per-watt. As a result, these X12
systems offer better TCO for enterprises implementing hybrid
cloud and HCI.

X12 Single-Socket Mainstream 1U Server
SYS-510P-MR

SUPERMICROAs a global leader in high performance, high efficiency server
technology and innovation, we develop and provide end-to-end
green computing solutions to the data center, cloud computing,enterprise IT, big data, HPC, and embedded markets. Our Building
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Slim Optical/FDD/USB or2x 2.5” Hot-Swap SATA3 Drive Bays
OptionPower Button
Reset Button

Pull-out Tag0123Status LEDs

4 Hot-swap SATA3 Drive Bays

1 PCI-E 4.0 x16 FHHL Slot

Redundant 400W 94% Platinum Level
Power Supplies
Serial PortVGA Port
2x RJ45 1GbE LAN Ports

2x USB 2.0 Ports
2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Ports
Dedicated IPMI LAN Port

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Solution Description
Azure Stack HCI is a hyperconverged operating system designed by Microsoft to connect on-premises and cloud resources,maximizing storage, performance, scalability, and functionality. Supermicro further optimizes Azure Stack HCI throughprocessing technologies designed for the rapid scaling of compute and capacity for workload flexibility.

Tested Configuration
The X12 single-socket Mainstream 1U 2-node cluster configuration is detailed below compared to the configuration of aSupermicro X11 dual-socket Ultra 1U SYS-1029U-TN10RT 2-node cluster1,2 .
Quantity
Description- X11 dual-socket 1U 2-node cluster
Description- X12 single-socket 1U 2-node cluster
X12 Single-Socket Mainstream 1U SYS-510P-MR
Intel Xeon 8360Y CPU, 36-Core 2.4GHz (250W)
Total: 72 Cores, 500W
32GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM
Total: 512GB of memory
Intel DC P4510 4TB NVMe PCI-E 3.1, 2.5" 1DWPD2x 25GbE SFP28 Mellanox CX-4 LX EN, Gen3 x8 LP

2|2X11 Dual Socket Ultra 1U SYS-1029U-TN10RT

2|48|8Intel Xeon 6248 CPU, 20-Core 2.5GHz (150W)
Total: 80 Cores, 600W
32GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM
Total: 256GB of memory
Intel DC P4510 2TB NVMe PCI-E 3.1, 2.5" 1DWPD

0|4+ Intel DC P4610 1.6TB NVMe PCI-E 3.1, 2.5’’ 3DWPD

2|22x 25GbE SFP28 Mellanox CX-4 LX EN, Gen3 x8 LP

16 | 8Results
The X12 single-socket Mainstream 1U two-node cluster achieved 2.14 million IOPS with 40 VMs. This is a 42.7% increase comparedto the X11 dual-socket Ultra cluster used as a reference. The electric power required for the X12 single-socket Mainstream 1U cluster
is 31.8% lower than an X11 dual-socket Ultra 1U cluster (see chart). The efficiency improvement (in M IOPS-per-watt) is therefore
109%.

Cluster Performance (M IOPS)
40%+
better

2.14

Cluster Electric Power (Watt)

1,338

1.50

X11 DUAL-SOCKET ULTRA

30%+
better912

X12 SINGLE-SOCKET
MAINSTREAM

X11 DUAL-SOCKET ULTRA

X12 SINGLE-SOCKETMAINSTREAM

Conclusion
A Supermicro X12 single-socket Mainstream 1U cluster supporting Microsoft Azure Stack HCI offers an industry-leading 40%+
improvement in performance and 30% lower power consumption compared to an X11 dual-socket system. In addition, over 2x
performance-per-watt power efficiency was observed with lower CPU power consumption compared to the previous generation
dual-socket system cluster. This huge leap forward is made possible with a lower total core count (72 vs. 80 Cores), offering
enterprises the most ROI-efficient server solution.

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1The 2-node X12 single-socket Mainstream 1U cluster was compared to a 4-node SYS-1029U-TN10RT X11 dual-socket Ultra 1U cluster with its results halved. The 4-node X11 dualsocket Ultra 1U cluster achieved >3M IOPS (4k, 100% random, 100% reads), equivalent to 1.5M IOPS on a 2-node X11 dual-socket Ultra 1U cluster.
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Per test results, CPU utilization, is 100% while memory utilization is 80% in the dual-processor cluster, indicating that memory is not a performance bottleneck.

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