IBM Power Systems i 520 and 550 iLoyalty Configurations Versus HP ProLiant Nehalem EP Servers
Vendor IBM   HP
Make Power Systems   ProLiant
Model 520 (8203-E4A)   DL380 G6
Processor Power6   Xeon E5502
Active Cores 1   2
CPU Speed 4.2 GHz   1.86 GHz
OLTP TPM 42,785   65,800
CPW Rating 4,300   6,613
Memory 4 GB   4 GB
Disk 4 * 140 GB GB, RAID 5   4 x 146 GB, RAID 5
Tape LTO4   SAS Ultrium 920
OS i 6.1   Windows Server 2008 EE
DB DB2 for i 6.1   SQL Server 2008 SE
Users 25   25
Hypervisor PowerVM Express   VMware Infrastructure Standard
Hardware List Price $14,643   $7,682
Software List Price $5,995   $10,942
3 Year, 24x7 Service Price $3,759   $2,769
System List Price $24,397   $21,393
Discounted Price $20,277   $17,970
Discount 16.9%   16.0%
Cost Per TPM List $0.47   $0.27
Cost Per User $811   $719
 
Vendor IBM   HP
Make Power Systems   ProLiant
Model 520 (8203-E4A)   DL380 G6
Processor Power6   Xeon E5504
Active Cores 2   4
CPU Speed 4.2 GHz   2 GHz
OLTP TPM 82,585   112,000
CPW Rating 8,300   11,256
Memory 8 GB   8 GB
Disk 12 * 140 GB GB, RAID 5   12 x 146 GB, RAID 5
Tape LTO4   SAS Ultrium 920
OS i 6.1   Windows Server 2008 EE
DB DB2 for i 6.1   SQL Server 2008 SE
Users 150   150
Hypervisor PowerVM Standard   VMware Infrastructure Enterprise
Hardware List Price $33,127   $13,237
Software List Price $66,230   $37,975
3 Year, 24x7 Service Price $13,232   $4,548
System List Price $112,589   $55,760
Discounted Price $76,184   $46,838
Discount 32.3%   16.0%
Cost Per TPM List $0.92   $0.42
Cost Per User $508   $312
 
Vendor IBM   HP
Make Power Systems   ProLiant
Model 520 (8203-E4A)   DL380 G6
Processor Power6   Xeon E5504
Active Cores 4   8
CPU Speed 4.2 GHz   2.93 GHz
OLTP TPM 155,220   303,800
CPW Rating 15,600   30,533
Memory 16 GB   16 GB
Disk 36 * 140 GB GB, RAID 5   36 x 146 GB, RAID 5
Tape LTO4   SAS Ultrium 920
OS i 6.1   Windows Server 2008 EE
DB DB2 for i 6.1   SQL Server 2008 SE
Users 320   320
Hypervisor PowerVM Standard   VMware Infrastructure Enterprise
Hardware List Price $97,944   $35,891
Software List Price $137,280   $62,275
3 Year, 24x7 Service Price $25,814   $4,548
System List Price $261,038   $102,714
Discounted Price $234,623   $86,280
Discount 10.1%   16.0%
Cost Per TPM List $1.51   $0.28
Cost Per User $733   $270

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