| Comparison of the eServer i5 to Unix Servers | |||||||||
| Entry Machines | 2004 i5 Line | 2003 pSeries Line | 2004 Sun Fire Line | 2004 HP Integrity Line | |||||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | Sun Microsystems | Hewlett-Packard | |||
| Make | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | pSeries | Sun Fire | Integrity | |||
| Model | Model 520 Express #1 | Model 520 Express #2 | Model 520 Express #3 | 615 Model 6E3 Express | V210 | rx1600-2 | |||
| SMP | 1-Way | 1-Way | 1-Way | 1-Way | 1-Way | 1-Way | |||
| Processor | Power5 | Power5 | Power5 | Power4+ | UltraSparc-IIIi | Itanium 2 | |||
| Speed | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.2 GHz | 1.06 GHz | 1 GHz | |||
| L2 Cache/CPU | 950 KB | 950 KB | 950 KB | 750 KB | 1 MB | 1.5 MB | |||
| OLTP TPM | 4,975 | 4,975 | 9,950 | 23,000 | 9,500 | 30,300 | |||
| Memory | 1 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | |||
| Disk | 70 GB | 70 GB | 70 GB | 72 GB | 146 GB | 72 GB | |||
| OS | V5R3 Express | V5R3 Express | V5R3 Express | AIX 5L 5.2 | Solaris 9 | HP-UX 11i Enterprise | |||
| DB | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SEO | |||
| List Price | $11,500 | $14,500 | $29,900 | $14,080 | $17,835 | $19,065 | |||
| Cost Per TPM List | $2.31 | $2.91 | $3.01 | $0.61 | $1.88 | $0.63 | |||
| Around 25,000 TPM | 2004 i5 Line | 2003 pSeries Line | 2004 Sun Fire Line | 2004 HP Integrity Line | |||||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | IBM | Sun Microsystems | Hewlett-Packard | ||||
| Make | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | pSeries | Sun Fire | Integrity | ||||
| Model | Model 520 | Model 520 | 615 Model 6E3 Express | V240 | rx1600-2 | ||||
| SMP | 1-Way | 1-Way | 1-Way | 2-Way | 1-Way | ||||
| Processor | Power5 | Power5 | Power4+ | UltraSparc-IIIi | Itanium 2 | ||||
| Speed | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.2 GHz | 1.28 GHz | 1 GHz | ||||
| L2 Cache/CPU | 950 KB | 950 KB | 750 KB | 1 MB | 1.5 MB | ||||
| OLTP TPM | 23,000 | 23,000 | 23,000 | 22,000 | 30,300 | ||||
| Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | ||||
| Disk | 70 GB | 70 GB | 72 GB | 146 GB | 72 GB | ||||
| OS | V5R3 Standard | V5R3 Enterprise | AIX 5L 5.2 | Solaris 9 | HP-UX 11i Enterprise | ||||
| DB | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SEO | ||||
| List Price | $42,530 | $112,530 | $14,080 | $20,085 | $19,065 | ||||
| Cost Per TPM List | $1.85 | $4.89 | $0.61 | $0.91 | $0.63 | ||||
| Around 50,000 TPM | 2004 i5 Line | 2003 pSeries Line | 2004 Sun Fire Line | 2004 HP Integrity Line | |||||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM | Sun Microsystems | Sun Microsystems | Hewlett-Packard | ||
| Make | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | pSeries | pSeries | Sun Fire | Sun Fire | Integrity | ||
| Model | Model 570 | Model 570 | 615 Model 6C3 Express | 630 Model 6C4 Express | V440 | V480 | rx2600-2 | ||
| SMP | 2-Way | 2-Way | 2-Way | 2-Way | 4-Way | 4-Way | 2-Way | ||
| Processor | Power5 | Power5 | Power4+ | Power4+ | UltraSparc-IIIi | UltraSparc-III | Itanium 2 | ||
| Speed | 1.65 GHz | 1.65 GHz | 1.45 GHz | 1.45 GHz | 1.06 GHz | 1.2 GHz | 1.4 GHz | ||
| L2 Cache/CPU | 950 KB | 950 KB | 750 KB | 750 KB | 1 MB | 8 MB | 3 MB | ||
| OLTP TPM | 59,000 | 59,000 | 40,600 | 40,600 | 36,300 | 66,000 | 76,400 | ||
| Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 8 GB | 4 GB | ||
| Disk | 70 GB | 70 GB | 72 GB | 72 GB | 146 GB | 146 GB | 72 GB | ||
| OS | V5R3 Standard | V5R3 Enterprise | AIX 5L 5.2 | AIX 5L 5.2 | Solaris 9 | Solaris 9 | HP-UX 11i Enterprise | ||
| DB | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SE | Oracle 10g, SE | Oracle 10g, SE | Oracle 10g, SEO | ||
| List Price | $135,512 | $361,612 | $27,685 | $48,195 | $75,895 | $98,195 | $35,185 | ||
| Cost Per TPM List | $2.30 | $6.13 | $0.68 | $1.19 | $2.09 | $1.49 | $0.46 | ||
| Around 100,000 TPM | 2004 i5 Line | 2003 pSeries Line | 2004 Sun Fire Line | 2004 HP Integrity Line | |||||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | IBM | Sun Microsystems | Sun Microsystems | Hewlett-Packard | |||
| Make | eServer i5 | eServer i5 | pSeries | Sun Fire | Sun Fire | Integrity | |||
| Model | Model 570 | Model 570 | 630 Model 6C4 Express | V880 | E2900 | rx5670 | |||
| SMP | 4-Way | 4-Way | 4-Way | 8-Way | 8-Way | 4-Way | |||
| Processor | Power5 | Power5 | Power4+ | UltraSparc-III | UltraSparc-VI | Itanium 2 | |||
| Speed | 1.65 GHz | 1.65 GHz | 1.45 GHz | 1.2 GHz | 1.2 GHz | 1.5 GHz | |||
| L2 Cache/CPU | 950 KB | 950 KB | 750 KB | 8 MB | 8 MB | 6 MB | |||
| OLTP TPM | 116,500 | 116,500 | 79,950 | 110,000 | 100,000 | 135,000 | |||
| Memory | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 8 GB | |||
| Disk | 70 GB | 70 GB | 72 GB | 438 GB | 146 GB | 72 GB | |||
| OS | V5R3 Standard | V5R3 Standard | AIX 5L 5.2 | Solaris 9 | Solaris 9 | HP-UX 11i Enterprise | |||
| DB | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | Oracle 10g, SE | Oracle 10g, SE | Oracle 10g, EE | Oracle 10g, SE | |||
| List Price | $253,658 | $618,658 | $106,195 | $209,195 | $422,195 | $156,933 | |||
| Cost Per TPM List | $2.18 | $5.31 | $1.33 | $1.90 | $4.22 | $1.16 | |||