The VMmark benchmark

VMmark is developed by VMware, and is the first standardized benchmark specifically designed for virtualization. It provides a standardized way of comparing servers running a server workload consolidation environment.

Dell is a member company of the VMmark Review Panel and submits and reviews results. Dell and VMware are members of the SPEC virtualization subcommittee and is working together with that organization to create the next generation virtualization benchmark.

Dell PowerEdge result publications

Most of the VMmark results are reviewed by the VMmark Review Panel on a rolling two-week cycle and are then published on the VMmark web site after review for adherence to the Run and Reporting Rules.

Since this can involve an undesirable delay, VMmark results may be independently published. Per section 2.3 of the run rules: "Benchmarkers may independently publish results from fully compliant tests for which a full disclosure report is publicly available." Below are some independently published results.

VMmark 2.x: Dell PowerEdge R710 is #1 in 24-core results!

The PowerEdge R710 has the best VMmark result out of all results using 24 core systems, published as 08/09/2011!

PowerEdge R810, PowerEdge M910

On the PowerEdge R810, the Dell performance team has produced a #1 overall 2-socket result of 37.28 @ 26 Tiles. This result will be submitted to VMware for review by the Review Panel and is expected to be published in July 2010.

On the PowerEdge M910, the 2-socket VMmark score is 37.11 @ 26 Tiles, which makes it the #1 2-socket blade result, topping blade scores from Cisco (35.83 @ 26 Tiles) and Fujitsu (32.89 @ 24 Tiles).

As of 7/8/2010, here is how the R810 and M910 compare to all other published 2-socket VMmark results:

PowerEdge R910

Using the PowerEdge R910, the Dell performance team has produced a result of 74.34 @ 50 Tiles. This result is being submitted to VMware for review and is expected to be published in July 2010.

Here is how the R910 compares to the highest published 4-socket and 8-socket results on the VMmark web site:

VMware® VMmark™ is a product of VMware, Inc. VMmark utilizes SPECjbb2005® and SPECweb2005®, which are available from the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC).