Principled Technologies have undertaken some hardware benchmarking to compare the new(ish) IBM x3850 M2 with an HP ProLiant DL580 G5.
The IBM machine comes out on top with 27% better performance per watt and 8% more performance
from the vConsolidate tool.
I found a fantastic document over at SQLCAT that outlines how to troubleshoot and diagnose performance issues in SQL Server 2005/2008.
I’ve blogged about it here as the principles are just as applicable to SQL Server in a physical or virtual environment.
Enjoy reading this small, but very succinct document here.
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