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| The System i5 550 Standard and Enterprise Edition Servers Versus Windows, Linux and Unix Boxes | ||||||||||||||
| System i5 #1 | System i5 #2 | Windows #1 | Windows #2 | Windows #3 | Linux #1 | Linux #2 | Unix #1 | Unix #2 | Unix #3 | Unix #4 | ||||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | HP | HP | HP | HP | HP | HP | Sun | Sun | IBM | |||
| Make | i5 550 | i5 550 | ProLiant | ProLiant | ProLiant | ProLiant | ProLiant | Integrity | Galaxy | Sun Fire | p5 | |||
| Model | Standard Edition (7154) | Enterprise Edition (7155) | DL580 G4 | DL585 G1 | DL585 G1 | DL580 G4 | DL585 G1 | rx6600 | X4600 | V490 | 550+ Express | |||
| Processor | Power5+ | Power5+ | Xeon 7041 | Opteron 885 | Opteron 885 | Xeon 7041 | Opteron 885 | Itanium 9050 | Opteron 885 | UltraSparc-IV+ | Power5+ | |||
| Active Cores | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| CPU Speed | 1.9 GHz | 1.9 GHz | 3 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 3 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 1.8 GHz | 2.1 GHz | |||
| Cache per Core | 950 KB | 950 KB | 2 MB | 1 MB | 1 MB | 2 MB | 1 MB | 12 MB | 1 MB | 1 MB | 950 KB | |||
| OLTP TPM | 70,645 | 70,645 | 82,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 82,000 | 120,000 | 139,800 | 105,000 | 125,000 | 127,700 | |||
| CPW Rating | 7,100 | 7,100 | 8,250 | 12,060 | 12,060 | 8,250 | 12,060 | 14,050 | 20,100 | 12,565 | 12,840 | |||
| Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 4 GB | |||
| Disk | 2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 73 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 73 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 73 GB, RAID 5 | |||
| Tape | 37.5 GB SLR 60 | 37.5 GB SLR 60 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 37.5 GB SLR 60 | |||
| OS | i5/OS V5R4 | i5/OS V5R4 | Windows 2003 EE + 300 CALs | Windows 2003 EE + 300 CALs | Windows 2003 SE + 300 CALs | SLES 10 | SLES 10 | HP-UX 11i v2 EE | Solaris 10 | Solaris 10 | AIX 5.3 | |||
| DB | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | SQL Server 2005 SE | SQL Server 2005 SE | SQL Server 2005 SE | Oracle 10g SE | Oracle 10g SE | Oracle 10g SE | Oracle 10g SE | Oracle 10g SE | Oracle 10g SE | |||
| Hypervisor | Virtualization Engine | Virtualization Engine | VMware ESX Server EE | VMware ESX Server EE | Virtual Server 2005 | VMware ESX Server EE | VMware ESX Server EE | Virtual Server Environment | Solaris Containers | Solaris Containers | Virtualization Engine | |||
| System List Price | $109,947 | $309,947 | $50,552 | $47,378 | $38,628 | $70,904 | $67,730 | $78,649 | $67,330 | $87,100 | $48,413 | |||
| Cost Per TPM List | $1.56 | $4.39 | $0.62 | $0.39 | $0.32 | $0.86 | $0.56 | $0.56 | $0.64 | $0.70 | $0.38 | |||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | HP | HP | HP | HP | HP | HP | Sun | Sun | IBM | |||
| Make | i5 550 | i5 550 | ProLiant | ProLiant | ProLiant | ProLiant | ProLiant | Integrity | Galaxy | Sun Fire | p5 | |||
| Model | Standard Edition (7154) | Enterprise Edition (7155) | DL580 G4 | DL585 G1 | DL585 G1 | DL580 G4 | DL585 G1 | rx6600 | X4600 | V490 | 550+ Express | |||
| Processor | Power5+ | Power5+ | Xeon 7041 | Opteron 885 | Opteron 885 | Xeon 7041 | Opteron 885 | Itanium 9050 | Opteron 885 | UltraSparc-IV+ | Power5+ | |||
| Active Cores | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | |||
| CPU Speed | 1.9 GHz | 1.9 GHz | 3 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 3 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 1.8 GHz | 2.1 GHz | |||
| Cache per Core | 950 KB | 950 KB | 2 MB | 1 MB | 1 MB | 2 MB | 1 MB | 12 MB | 1 MB | 1 MB | 950 KB | |||
| OLTP TPM | 139,300 | 139,300 | 136,000 | 214,000 | 214,000 | 136,000 | 214,000 | 230,570 | 200,000 | 240,000 | 254,800 | |||
| CPW Rating | 14,000 | 14,000 | 13,700 | 21,510 | 21,510 | 13,700 | 21,510 | 23,175 | 20,100 | 24,120 | 25,610 | |||
| Memory | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB | |||
| Disk | 2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 73 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 146 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 73 GB, RAID 5 | |||
| Tape | 37.5 GB SLR 60 | 37.5 GB SLR 60 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 36 GB DAT 72 | 37.5 GB SLR 60 | |||
| OS | i5/OS V5R4 | i5/OS V5R4 | Windows 2003 EE + 600 CALs | Windows 2003 EE + 600 CALs | Windows 2003 SE + 600 CALs | SLES 10 | SLES 10 | HP-UX 11i v2 EE | Solaris 10 | Solaris 10 | AIX 5.3 | |||
| DB | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | SQL Server 2005 SE | SQL Server 2005 SE | SQL Server 2005 SE | Oracle 10g SE | Oracle 10g SE | Oracle 10g SE | Oracle 10g SE | Oracle 10g SE | Oracle 10g SE | |||
| Hypervisor | Virtualization Engine | Virtualization Engine | VMware ESX Server EE | VMware ESX Server EE | Virtual Server 2005 | VMware ESX Server EE | VMware ESX Server EE | Virtual Server Environment | Solaris Containers | Solaris Containers | Virtualization Engine | |||
| System List Price | $197,547 | $497,547 | $88,797 | $83,742 | $69,242 | $133,151 | $128,096 | $114,385 | $126,010 | $169,010 | $73,205 | |||
| Cost Per TPM List | $1.42 | $3.57 | $0.65 | $0.39 | $0.32 | $0.98 | $0.60 | $0.50 | $0.63 | $0.70 | $0.29 | |||
