| Comparison of the eServer i5 to HP Linux Servers | |||||
| Entry Machines | 2004 i5 Line | Linux, Oracle | Linux, MySQL | ||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | IBM | HP | HP |
| Make | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | ProLiant | ProLiant |
| Model | Model 520 Express #1 | Model 520 Express #2 | Model 520 Express #3 | DL320 (Rack) | DL320 (Rack) |
| SMP | 1-Way | 1-Way | 1-Way | 1-Way | 1-Way |
| Processor | Power5 | Power5 | Power5 | Intel Pentium 4 | Intel Pentium 4 |
| Speed | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 3.06 GHz | 3.06 GHz |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| OLTP TPM | 4,975 | 4,975 | 9,950 | 9,000 | 8,000 |
| Memory | 1 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Disk | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB |
| OS | V5R3 Express | V5R3 Express | V5R3 Express | Red Hat Linux ES 3, SE | Red Hat Linux ES 3, SE |
| DB | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | Oracle 10g, SEO | MySQL MaxDB 7.5, ES |
| List Price | $11,500 | $14,500 | $29,900 | $10,279 | $9,774 |
| Cost Per TPM List | $2.31 | $2.91 | $3.01 | $1.14 | $1.22 |
| Note: 72 Users | Note: 64 Users | ||||
| Around 25,000 TPM | 2004 i5 Line | Linux, Oracle | Linux, MySQL | ||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | HP | HP | |
| Make | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | ProLiant | ProLiant | |
| Model | Model 520 | Model 520 | ML350 G3 (Rack) | ML350 G3 (Rack) | |
| SMP | 1-Way | 1-Way | 2-Way | 2-Way | |
| Processor | Power5 | Power5 | Intel Xeon DP | Intel Xeon DP | |
| Speed | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 2.8 GHz | 2.8 GHz | |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 950 KB | 950 KB | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| OLTP TPM | 23,000 | 23,000 | 24,400 | 21,700 | |
| Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | |
| Disk | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | |
| OS | V5R3 Standard | V5R3 Enterprise | Red Hat Linux ES 3, SE | Red Hat Linux ES 3, SE | |
| DB | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | Oracle 10g, SEO | MySQL MaxDB 7.5, ES | |
| List Price | $42,530 | $112,530 | $17,021 | $16,011 | |
| Cost Per TPM List | $1.85 | $4.89 | $0.70 | $0.74 | |
| Note: 200 Users | Note: 175 Users | ||||
| Around 50,000 TPM | 2004 i5 Line | Linux, Oracle | Linux, MySQL | ||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | HP | HP | |
| Make | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | ProLiant | ProLiant | |
| Model | Model 570 | Model 570 | DL380 G3 (Rack) | DL380 G3 (Rack) | |
| SMP | 2-Way | 2-Way | 2-Way | 2-Way | |
| Processor | Power5 | Power5 | Intel Xeon DP | Intel Xeon DP | |
| Speed | 1.65 GHz | 1.65 GHz | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz | |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 950 KB | 950 KB | 1 MB | 1 MB | |
| OLTP TPM | 59,000 | 59,000 | 43,500 | 38,700 | |
| Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | |
| Disk | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | |
| OS | V5R3 Standard | V5R3 Enterprise | Red Hat Linux ES 3, SE | Red Hat Linux ES 3, SE | |
| DB | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | Oracle 10g, SEO | MySQL MaxDB 7.5, ES | |
| List Price | $135,512 | $361,612 | $20,217 | $19,207 | |
| Cost Per TPM List | $2.30 | $6.13 | $0.46 | $0.50 | |
| Note: 350 Users | Note: 310 Users | ||||
| Around 100,000 TPM | 2004 i5 Line | Linux, Oracle | Linux, MySQL | ||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | HP | HP | |
| Make | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | ProLiant | ProLiant | |
| Model | Model 570 | Model 570 | DL580 G3 (Rack) | DL580 G3 (Rack) | |
| SMP | 4-Way | 4-Way | 4-Way | 4-Way | |
| Processor | Power5 | Power5 | Intel Xeon MP | Intel Xeon MP | |
| Speed | 1.65 GHz | 1.65 GHz | 3 GHz | 3 GHz | |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 950 KB | 950 KB | 4 MB | 4 MB | |
| OLTP TPM | 116,500 | 116,500 | 80,800 | 71,800 | |
| Memory | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | |
| Disk | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | |
| OS | V5R3 Standard | V5R3 Standard | Red Hat Linux AS 3, PE | Red Hat Linux AS 3, PE | |
| DB | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | Oracle 10g, SE | MySQL MaxDB 7.5, PS | |
| List Price | $253,658 | $618,658 | $98,772 | $80,732 | |
| Cost Per TPM List | $2.18 | $5.31 | $1.22 | $1.12 | |
| Note: 650 Users | Note: 575 Users | ||||