123 2 x Intel Xeon X5690 testing with a HP ProLiant DL380 G7 and 128MB on CentOS 6.2 (Final) via the Phoronix Test Suite. 2: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5690 @ 3.47GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant DL380 G7, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 73GB LOGICAL VOLUME + 294GB LOGICAL VOLUME + 600GB LOGICAL VOLUME, Graphics: 128MB OS: CentOS 6.2 (Final), Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20110731, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 HMMER: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5690 @ 3.47GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant DL380 G7, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 73GB LOGICAL VOLUME + 294GB LOGICAL VOLUME + 600GB LOGICAL VOLUME, Graphics: 128MB OS: CentOS 6.2 (Final), Kernel: 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20110731, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 H-M: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.40GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Intel S5520HC, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAKX-0 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-22Z + 5 x 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00Z + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EARS-00M + 3 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200e [Pilot] (SEP1), Network: Intel 82575EB Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 6.0.4, Kernel: 2.6.32-patch-atop (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Driver: matrox, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better HMMER . 8.80 |========================== H-M ... 21.50 |================================================================ AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better 2 ... 2543.40 |================================================================ H-M . 1536.96 |=======================================