RPE2, or Relative server Performance Estimate 2, is a
computer benchmark
In computing, a benchmark is the act of running a computer program, a set of programs, or other operations, in order to assess the relative performance of an object, normally by running a number of standard tests and trials against it.
The t ...
developed by
Ideas International
Founded in 1981, Ideas International (IDEAS) was an IT analyst company specializing in technology insight and comparisons of competitive server and storage technology. Acquired by Gartner in June 2012. Clients included IT end-users and IT vendor ...
to compare the relative performance of servers built on
x86
x86 (also known as 80x86 or the 8086 family) is a family of complex instruction set computer (CISC) instruction set architectures initially developed by Intel based on the Intel 8086 microprocessor and its 8088 variant. The 8086 was introd ...
,
IA-64
IA-64 (Intel Itanium architecture) is the instruction set architecture (ISA) of the Itanium family of 64-bit Intel microprocessors. The basic ISA specification originated at Hewlett-Packard (HP), and was subsequently implemented by Intel in coll ...
, and
RISC
In computer engineering, a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) is a computer designed to simplify the individual instructions given to the computer to accomplish tasks. Compared to the instructions given to a complex instruction set comput ...
processor architectures.
The benchmark is a composite of results, or estimated results, from th
SAP SD Standard Application Two-Tier benchmarkTPC-CTPC-H
SPECjbb2005, SPECint
SPECint is a computer benchmark specification for CPU integer processing power. It is maintained by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). SPECint is the integer performance testing component of the SPEC test suite. The first SPE ...
, and SPECfp
SPECfp is a computer benchmark designed to test the floating-point performance of a computer. It is managed by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. SPECfp is the floating-point performance testing component of the SPEC CPU testing ...
benchmarks. The benchmark was created in 2005, replacing an earlier benchmark called RPE.
RPE2 data is incorporated into some server capacity planning
Capacity planning is the process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changing demands for its products.
In the context of capacity planning, design capacity is the maximum amount of work that an organization ...
tools, such as
the ATS Server Consolidation Monitor from IBM
See also
* Benchmark (computing)
In computing, a benchmark is the act of running a computer program, a set of programs, or other operations, in order to assess the relative Computer performance, performance of an object, normally by running a number of standard Software perfo ...
* SPECint
SPECint is a computer benchmark specification for CPU integer processing power. It is maintained by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). SPECint is the integer performance testing component of the SPEC test suite. The first SPE ...
* SPECfp
SPECfp is a computer benchmark designed to test the floating-point performance of a computer. It is managed by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. SPECfp is the floating-point performance testing component of the SPEC CPU testing ...
* Transaction Processing Performance Council In online transaction processing (OLTP), information systems typically facilitate and manage transaction-oriented applications. This is contrasted with online analytical processing.
The term "transaction" can have two different meanings, both of wh ...
* Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is an American non-profit corporation that aims to "produce, establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set" of performance benchmarks for computers.
SPEC was founded in 1988. SPEC be ...
References
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External links
Official RPE2 page
Using RPE2 for server sizing
Benchmarks (computing)