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| Comparison of AS/400, eServer iSeries, iSeries, and System i Machines | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Entry Machines | 2001 iSeries Line | 2003 iSeries Line | 2004 i5 Line | 2006 System i Line | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | ||||
| Make | iSeries | iSeries | iSeries | iSeries | iSeries | iSeries | iSeries | iSeries | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | System i5 | System i5 | System i5 | System i5 | System i5 | System i5 | ||||
| Model | Model 270-2431 | Model 270-2432 | Model 270-2432 | Model 270-2434 | Model 270-2434 | Model 800 Value | Model 800 Standard | Model 800 Advanced | 520 Value | 520 Express #1 | 520 Express #2 | 520 Express #3 | 520 Value | 520 Value | 520 Express Entry | 520 Express Entry Plus | 520 Express Growth | 520 Express Turbo | ||||
| SMP | 1-Way (30 CPW Int) | 1-Way | 1-Way (50 CPW Int) | 1-Way | 1-Way (70 CPW Int) | 1-Way (25 CPW Int) | 1-Way (25 CPW Int) | 1-Way (50 CPW Int) | 1-Way (30 CPW Int) | 1-Way (30 CPW Int) | 1-Way (30 CPW Int) | 1-Way (60 CPW Int) | 1-Way (30 CPW Int) | 1-Way (60 CPW Int) | 1-Way (30 CPW Int) | 1-Way (30 CPW Int) | 1-Way (60 CPW Int) | 1-Way (60 CPW Int) | ||||
| Processor | S-Star PPC | S-Star PPC | S-Star PPC | S-Star PPC | S-Star PPC | S-Star PPC | S-Star PPC | S-Star PPC | Power5 | Power5 | Power5 | Power5 | Power5+ | Power5+ | Power5+ | Power5+ | Power5+ | Power5+ | ||||
| Speed | 540 MHz | 540 MHz | 540 MHz | 600 MHz | 600 MHz | 540 MHz | 540 MHz | 540 MHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.9 GHz | 1.9 GHz | 1.9 GHz | 1.9 GHz | 1.9 GHz | 1.9 GHz | ||||
| L2 Cache/CPU | - | 2 MB | 2 MB | 4 MB | 4 MB | - | 2 MB | 2 MB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | ||||
| OLTP TPM | 4,600 | 10,650 | 10,650 | 23,400 | 23,400 | 2,870 | 2,870 | 9,080 | 4,975 | 4,975 | 4,975 | 9,950 | 5,970 | 11,900 | 5,970 | 5,970 | 11,900 | 37,800 | ||||
| Memory | 256 MB | 256 MB | 256 MB | 256 MB | 256 MB | 256 MB | 512 MB | 512 MB | 1 GB | 1 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB | 2 GB | 4 GB | ||||
| Disk | 8.58 GB | 8.58 GB | 8.58 GB | 8.58 GB | 8.58 GB | 18 GB | 36 GB | 36 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | ||||
| OS | V5R1, Feat 1518 | V5R1, Feat 1516 | V5R1, Feat 1519 | V5R1, Feat 1516 | V5R1, Feat 1520 | V5R2 Standard | V5R2 Standard | V5R2 Standard | V5R3 Value | V5R3 Express | V5R3 Express | V5R3 Express | V5R4 Value | V5R4 Value | V5R4 Express | V5R4 Express | V5R4 Express | V5R4 Express | ||||
| DB | DB2/400 with 5250 | DB2/400 without 5250 | DB2/400 with 5250 | DB2/400 without 5250 | DB2/400 with 5250 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | ||||
| List Price | $27,500 | $10,700 | $43,000 | $26,500 | $81,700 | $8,795 | $14,860 | $34,363 | $11,214 | $11,500 | $14,500 | $29,900 | $9,948 | $21,900 | $11,995 | $12,675 | $25,900 | $41,020 | ||||
| Cost Per TPM List | $5.98 | $1.00 | $4.04 | $1.13 | $3.49 | $3.06 | $5.18 | $3.78 | $2.25 | $2.31 | $2.91 | $3.01 | $1.67 | $1.84 | $2.01 | $2.12 | $2.18 | $1.09 | ||||
| Cost per CPW Int | $917 | $860 | $1,167 | $352 | $594 | $687 | $374 | $383 | $483 | $498 | $332 | $365 | $400 | $423 | $432 | $684 | ||||||
| Around 25,000 TPM | 2001 iSeries Line | 2003 iSeries Line | 2004 i5 Line | 2006 System i Line | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | ||||||||||||||
| Make | iSeries | iSeries | iSeries | iSeries | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | System i5 | System i5 | ||||||||||||||
| Model | Model 820-2437 | Model 820-2437 | Model 810 | Model 810 | 520 | 520 | 520 | 520 | ||||||||||||||
| SMP | 2-Way (35 CPW Int) | 2-Way (1,050 CPW Int) | 2-Way | 2-Way | 1-Way | 1-Way | 1-Way | 1-Way | ||||||||||||||
| Processor | S-Star PPC | S-Star PPC | S-Star PPC | S-Star PPC | Power5 | Power5 | Power5+ | Power5+ | ||||||||||||||
| Speed | 600 MHz | 600 MHz | 750 MHz | 750 MHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.9 GHz | 1.9 GHz | ||||||||||||||
| L2 Cache/CPU | 2 MB | 2 MB | 4 MB | 4 MB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | i5 Perf Improvement | |||||||||||||
| OLTP TPM | 23,400 | 23,400 | 25,800 | 25,800 | 23,000 | 23,000 | 37,800 | 27,900 | 64% | 21% | ||||||||||||
| Memory | 256 MB | 256 MB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | ||||||||||||||
| Disk | 8.58 GB | 8.58 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | ||||||||||||||
| OS | V5R1, Feat 1521 | V5R1, Feat 1526 | V5R2 Standard | V5R2 Enterprise | V5R3 Standard | V5R3 Enterprise | V5R4 Standard | V5R4 Enterprise | ||||||||||||||
| DB | DB2/400 with 5250 | DB2/400 with 5250 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | ||||||||||||||
| List Price | $155,000 | $685,000 | $59,804 | $254,804 | Price/Perf Improvement | $42,530 | $112,530 | Price/Perf Improvement | $40,118 | $97,918 | Price/Perf Improvement | |||||||||||
| Cost Per TPM List | $6.62 | $29.27 | $2.32 | $9.88 | 65% | 66% | $1.85 | $4.89 | 20% | 50% | $1.06 | $3.51 | 43% | 28% | ||||||||
| Around 50,000 TPM | 2001 iSeries Line | 2003 iSeries Line | 2004 i5 Line | 2006 System i Line | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | ||||||||||||||
| Make | iSeries | iSeries | iSeries | iSeries | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | System i5 | System i5 | ||||||||||||||
| Model | Model 830-2402 | Model 830-2402 | Model 825 | Model 825 | 550 | 550 | 550 | 550 | ||||||||||||||
| SMP | 4-Way (70 CPW Int) | 2-Way (2,000 CPW Int) | 4-Way | 4-Way | 2-Way | 2-Way | 2-Way | 2-Way | ||||||||||||||
| Processor | I-Star PPC | I-Star PPC | Power4 | Power4 | Power5 | Power5 | Power5+ | Power5+ | ||||||||||||||
| Speed | 540 MHz | 540 MHz | 1.1 GHz | 1.1 GHz | 1.65 GHz | 1.65 GHz | 1.9 GHz | 1.9 GHz | ||||||||||||||
| L2 Cache/CPU | 4 MB | 4 MB | 720 KB | 720 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | i5 Perf Improvement | |||||||||||||
| OLTP TPM | 41,800 | 41,800 | 43,900 | 43,900 | 59,000 | 59,000 | 70,650 | 70,650 | 20% | 20% | ||||||||||||
| Memory | 1 GB | 1 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | ||||||||||||||
| Disk | 8.58 GB | 8.58 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | ||||||||||||||
| OS | V5R1, Feat 1531 | V5R1, Feat 1536 | V5R2 Standard | V5R2 Enterprise | V5R3 Standard | V5R3 Enterprise | V5R4 Standard | V5R4 Enterprise | ||||||||||||||
| DB | DB2/400 with 5250 | DB2/400 with 5250 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | ||||||||||||||
| List Price | $335,000 | $1,195,000 | $171,388 | $421,388 | Price/Perf Improvement | $135,512 | $427,612 | Price/Perf Improvement | $123,438 | $373,438 | Price/Perf Improvement | |||||||||||
| Cost Per TPM List | $8.01 | $28.59 | $3.90 | $9.60 | 51% | 66% | $2.30 | $7.25 | 41% | 24% | $1.75 | $5.29 | 24% | 27% | ||||||||
| Around 100,000 TPM | 2001 iSeries Line | 2003 iSeries Line | 2004 i5 Line | 2006 System i Line | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | ||||||||||||||
| Make | iSeries | iSeries | iSeries | iSeries | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | System i5 | System i5 | ||||||||||||||
| Model | Model 840-2418 | Model 840-2418 | Model 870 | Model 870 | 570 | 570 | 570 | 570 | ||||||||||||||
| SMP | 12-Way (120 CPW Int) | 12-Way (10,000 CPW Int) | 8-Way | 8-Way | 4-Way | 4-Way | 4-Way | 4-Way | ||||||||||||||
| Processor | I-Star PPC | I-Star PPC | Power4 | Power4 | Power5 | Power5 | Power5+ | Power5+ | ||||||||||||||
| Speed | 500 MHz | 500 MHz | 1.3 GHz | 1.3 GHz | 1.65 GHz | 1.65 GHz | 2.2 GHz | 2.2 GHz | ||||||||||||||
| L2 Cache/CPU | 8 MB | 8 MB | 720 KB | 720 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | i5 Perf Improvement | |||||||||||||
| OLTP TPM | 99,500 | 99,500 | 109,700 | 109,700 | 116,500 | 116,500 | 166,000 | 166,000 | 42% | 42% | ||||||||||||
| Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | ||||||||||||||
| Disk | 8.58 GB | 8.58 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | ||||||||||||||
| OS | V5R1, Feat 1540 | V5R1, Feat 1546 | V5R2 Standard | V5R2 Enterprise | V5R3 Standard | V5R3 Enterprise | V5R4 Standard | V5R4 Enterprise | ||||||||||||||
| DB | DB2/400 with 5250 | DB2/400 with 5250 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | ||||||||||||||
| List Price | $700,000 | $3,130,000 | $511,432 | $1,341,432 | Price/Perf Improvement | $269,058 | $634,058 | Price/Perf Improvement | $446,176 | $909,176 | Price/Perf Improvement | |||||||||||
| Cost Per TPM List | $7.04 | $31.46 | $4.66 | $12.23 | 34% | 61% | $2.31 | $5.44 | 50% | 55% | $2.69 | $5.48 | -16% | -1% | ||||||||
