Hardware

The following hardware was used to test the VMware Smart Assurance Managers:

• HP ProLiant BL460c G6

• 2x Intel X5550 at 2.67 GHz

• 48GB RAM

• Internal 146GB, 15K RPM drive

• SAN: Clariion CX-960

• 15-disk RAID 5 array

• LUN 1TB SATA II (7200 RPM)

  Both the “HP ProLiant BL460c G6” and “2x Intel X5550 at 2.67 GHz” are quad-core CPU packages that support hardware-assisted CPU virtualization and memory management unit (MMU) virtualization.