Comparison of the eServer i5 to HP Windows Servers
Entry Machines 2004 i5 Line Windows 2003
Vendor IBM IBM IBM HP
Make eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 ProLiant
Model Model 520 Express #1 Model 520 Express #2 Model 520 Express #3 DL320 (Rack)
SMP 1-Way 1-Way 1-Way 1-Way
Processor Power5 Power5 Power5 Intel Pentium 4
Speed 1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz 3.06 GHz
L2 Cache/CPU 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 512 KB
OLTP TPM 4,975 4,975 9,950 10,600
Memory 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Disk 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB
OS V5R3 Express V5R3 Express V5R3 Express Windows 2003, SE
DB DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 SQL Server 2000, SE
List Price $11,500 $14,500 $29,900 $10,683
Cost Per TPM List $2.31 $2.91 $3.01 $1.01
Note: 230 Users
Around 25,000 TPM 2004 i5 Line Windows 2003
Vendor IBM IBM HP
Make eServer i5 eServer i5 ProLiant
Model Model 520 Model 520 ML350 G3 (Rack)
SMP 1-Way 1-Way 2-Way
Processor Power5 Power5 Intel Xeon DP
Speed 1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz 2.8 GHz
L2 Cache/CPU 950 KB 950 KB 1 MB
OLTP TPM 23,000 23,000 28,711
Memory 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Disk 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB
OS V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise Windows 2003, EE
DB DB2/400 DB2/400 SQL Server 2000, EE
List Price $42,530 $112,530 $58,418
Cost Per TPM List $1.85 $4.89 $2.03
Note: 230 Users
Around 50,000 TPM 2004 i5 Line Windows 2003
Vendor IBM IBM HP
Make eServer i5 eServer i5 ProLiant
Model Model 570 Model 570 DL380 G3 (Rack)
SMP 2-Way 2-Way 2-Way
Processor Power5 Power5 Intel Xeon DP
Speed 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 3.2 GHz 
L2 Cache/CPU 950 KB 950 KB 1 MB
OLTP TPM 59,000 59,000 51,227
Memory 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Disk 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB
OS V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise Windows 2003, EE
DB DB2/400 DB2/400 SQL Server 2000, EE
List Price $135,512 $361,612 $68,805
Cost Per TPM List $2.30 $6.13 $1.34
Note: 410 Users
Around 100,000 TPM 2004 i5 Line Windows 2003
Vendor IBM IBM HP
Make eServer i5 eServer i5 ProLiant
Model Model 570 Model 570 DL580 G3 (Rack)
SMP 4-Way 4-Way 4-Way
Processor Power5 Power5 Intel Xeon MP
Speed 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 3 GHz 
L2 Cache/CPU 950 KB 950 KB 4 MB
OLTP TPM 116,500 116,500 95,163
Memory 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB
Disk 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB
OS V5R3 Standard V5R3 Standard Windows 2003, EE
DB DB2/400 DB2/400 SQL Server 2000, EE
List Price $253,658 $618,658 $109,631
Cost Per TPM List $2.18 $5.31 $1.15
Note: 760 Users


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