Comparison of the Revamped eServer i5 to Alternatives          
Entry Machines 2004 i5 Line, August 2004 Pricing   Wintel   Lintel, Oracle Lintel, MySQL   2004 pSeries Line   2004 Sun Fire Line   2004 HP Integrity Line
Vendor IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM   HP   HP HP   IBM   Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems   Hewlett-Packard
Make eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5   ProLiant   ProLiant ProLiant   pSeries   Sun Fire Sun Fire   Integrity
Model Model 520 Value Model 520 Express #1 Model 520 Express #2 Model 520 Express #3 Model 520 Express #4 Model 520 Express #5   DL320 (Rack)   DL320 (Rack) DL320 (Rack)   615 Model 6E3 Express   V210 V20z   rx1600-2
SMP 1-Way 1-Way 1-Way 1-Way 1-Way 1-Way   1-Way   1-Way 1-Way   1-Way   1-Way 1-Way   1-Way
Processor Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5   Intel Pentium 4   Intel Pentium 4 Intel Pentium 4   Power4+   UltraSparc-IIIi Opteron 244   Itanium 2
Speed 1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz   3.06 GHz   3.06 GHz 3.06 GHz   1.2 GHz   1.06 GHz 1.8 GHz   1 GHz
L2 Cache/CPU 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB   512 KB   512 KB 512 KB   750 KB   1 MB 1 MB   1.5 MB
OLTP TPM 4,975 4,975 4,975 9,950 4,975 9,950   10,600   9,000 8,000   23,000   9,500 25,000   30,300
Memory 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB   2 GB   2 GB 2 GB   2 GB   2 GB 2 GB   2 GB
Disk 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 140 GB (RAID 5) 140 GB (RAID 5)   72 GB   72 GB 72 GB   72 GB   146 GB 146 GB   72 GB
OS V5R3 Value V5R3 Express V5R3 Express V5R3 Express V5R3 Express V5R3 Express   Windows 2003, SE   Red Hat Linux ES 3, SE Red Hat Linux ES 3, SE   AIX 5L 5.2   Solaris 9 Solaris 9   HP-UX 11i Enterprise
DB DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400   SQL Server 2000, SE   Oracle 10g, SEO MySQL MaxDB 7.5, ES   Oracle 10g, SEO   Oracle 10g, SEO Oracle 10g, SEO   Oracle 10g, SEO
List Price $11,214 $11,500 $14,500 $29,900 $20,200 $35,600   $13,283   $10,279 $9,774   $14,080   $12,840 $12,789   $19,065
Cost Per TPM List $2.25 $2.31 $2.91 $3.01 $4.06 $3.58   $1.25   $1.14 $1.22   $0.61   $1.35 $0.51   $0.63
  Note: 75 Users        
         
         
Around 25,000 TPM 2004 i5 Line, August 2004 Pricing   Wintel   Lintel, Oracle Lintel, MySQL   2004 pSeries Line   2004 Sun Fire Line   2004 HP Integrity Line
Vendor IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM   HP   HP HP   IBM   Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems   Hewlett-Packard
Make eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5   ProLiant   ProLiant ProLiant   pSeries   Sun Fire Sun Fire   Integrity
Model Model 520 Model 520 Model 550 Model 550 Model 570 (1/2) Model 570 (1/2)   ML350 G3 (Rack)   ML350 G3 (Rack) ML350 G3 (Rack)   615 Model 6E3 Express   V240 V20z   rx1600-2
SMP 1-Way 1-Way 1-Way 1-Way 1-Way 1-Way   2-Way   2-Way 2-Way   1-Way   2-Way 1-Way   1-Way
Processor Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5   Intel Xeon DP   Intel Xeon DP Intel Xeon DP   Power4+   UltraSparc-IIIi Opteron 244   Itanium 2
Speed 1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz   2.8 GHz   2.8 GHz 2.8 GHz   1.2 GHz   1.28 GHz 1.8 GHz   1 GHz
L2 Cache/CPU 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB   1 MB   1 MB 1 MB   750 KB   1 MB 1 MB   1.5 MB
OLTP TPM 23,000 23,000 31,600 31,600 31,600 31,600   28,711   24,400 21,700   23,000   22,000 25,000   30,300
Memory 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 4 GB 4 GB   2 GB   2 GB 2 GB   2 GB   2 GB 2 GB   2 GB
Disk 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB   72 GB   72 GB 72 GB   72 GB   146 GB 146 GB   72 GB
OS V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise   Windows 2003, EE   Red Hat Linux ES 3, SE Red Hat Linux ES 3, SE   AIX 5L 5.2   Solaris 9 Solaris 9   HP-UX 11i Enterprise
DB DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400   SQL Server 2000, EE   Oracle 10g, SEO MySQL MaxDB 7.5, ES   Oracle 10g, SEO   Oracle 10g, SEO Oracle 10g, SEO   Oracle 10g, SEO
List Price $43,650 $113,650 $84,650 $276,650 $82,850 $311,850   $58,418   $17,021 $16,011   $14,080   $20,085 $12,789   $19,065
Cost Per TPM List $1.90 $4.94 $2.68 $8.75 $2.62 $9.87   $2.03   $0.70 $0.74   $0.61   $0.91 $0.51   $0.63
  Note: 230 Users        
         
         
Around 50,000 TPM 2004 i5 Line, August 2004 Pricing   Windows 2003   Lintel, Oracle Lintel, MySQL   2004 eServer p5 Line   2004 Sun Fire Line   2004 HP Integrity Line
Vendor IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM   HP   HP HP   IBM IBM IBM   Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems   Hewlett-Packard
Make eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5   ProLiant   ProLiant ProLiant   eServer p5 eServer p5 eServer p5   Sun Fire Sun Fire Sun Fire Sun Fire   Integrity
Model Model 520 Model 520 Model 550 Model 550 Model 570 (1/2) Model 570 (1/2)   DL380 G3 (Rack)   DL380 G3 (Rack) DL380 G3 (Rack)   520 (Rack) 550 (Rack) 570 (Rack)   V440 V480 V20z V40z   rx2600-2
SMP 2-Way 2-Way 2-Way 2-Way 2-Way 2-Way   2-Way   2-Way 2-Way   2-Way 2-Way 2-Way   4-Way 4-Way 2-Way 2-Way   2-Way
Processor Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5   Intel Xeon DP   Intel Xeon DP Intel Xeon DP   Power5 Power5 Power5   UltraSparc-IIIi UltraSparc-III Opteron 244 Opteron 848   Itanium 2
Speed 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz   3.2 GHz    3.2 GHz  3.2 GHz    1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz   1.06 GHz 1.2 GHz 1.8 GHz 2.2 GHz   1.4 GHz
L2 Cache/CPU 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB   1 MB   1 MB 1 MB   950 KB 950 KB 950 KB   1 MB 8 MB 1 MB 1 MB   3 MB
OLTP TPM 59,000 59,000 59,000 59,000 59,000 59,000   51,227   43,500 38,700   69,736 69,736 69,736   36,300 66,000 47,000 57,000   76,400
Memory 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB   4 GB   4 GB 4 GB   4 GB 4 GB 4 GB   4 GB 8 GB 4 GB 4 GB   4 GB
Disk 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB   72 GB   72 GB 72 GB   72 GB 72 GB 72 GB   146 GB 146 GB 146 GB 146 GB   72 GB
OS V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise   Windows 2003, EE   Red Hat Linux ES 3, SE Red Hat Linux ES 3, SE   AIX 5L 5.2 AIX 5L 5.2 AIX 5L 5.2   Solaris 9 Solaris 9 Solaris 9 Solaris 9   HP-UX 11i Enterprise
DB DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400   SQL Server 2000, EE   Oracle 10g, SEO MySQL MaxDB 7.5, ES   Oracle 10g, SEO Oracle 10g, SE Oracle 10g, EE   Oracle 10g, SE Oracle 10g, SE Oracle 10g, SEO Oracle 10g, SE   Oracle 10g, SEO
List Price $115,850 $281,850 $130,850 $422,850 $135,550 $364,550   $68,805   $20,217 $19,207   $30,141 $57,954 $123,887   $75,895 $98,195 $20,479 $47,389   $35,185
Cost Per TPM List $1.96 $4.78 $2.22 $7.17 $2.30 $6.18   $1.34   $0.46 $0.50   $0.43 $0.83 $1.78   $2.09 $1.49 $0.44 $0.83   $0.46
  Note: 410 Users        
         
         
Around 100,000 TPM 2004 i5 Line, August 2004 Pricing   Windows 2003   Lintel, Oracle Lintel, MySQL   2004 eServer p5 Line   2004 Sun Fire Line   2004 HP Integrity Line
Vendor IBM IBM IBM IBM   HP   HP HP   IBM IBM   Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems   Hewlett-Packard
Make eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5   ProLiant   ProLiant ProLiant   eServer p5 eServer p5   Sun Fire Sun Fire Sun Fire   Integrity
Model No 4-Way Model 520 No 4-Way Model 520 Model 550 Model 550 Model 570 (2/4) Model 570 (2/4)   DL580 G3 (Rack)   DL580 G3 (Rack) DL580 G3 (Rack)   550 (Rack) 570 (Rack)   V880 E2900 V40z   rx5670
SMP 4-Way 4-Way 4-Way 4-Way   4-Way   4-Way 4-Way   4-Way 4-Way   8-Way 8-Way 4-Way   4-Way
Processor Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5   Intel Xeon MP   Intel Xeon MP Intel Xeon MP   Power5 Power5   UltraSparc-III UltraSparc-VI Opteron 850   Itanium 2
Speed 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz   3 GHz    3 GHz  3 GHz    1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz   1.2 GHz 1.2 GHz 2.4 GHz   1.5 GHz
L2 Cache/CPU 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB   4 MB   4 MB 4 MB   950 KB 950 KB   8 MB 8 MB 1 MB   6 MB
OLTP TPM 116,500 116,500 116,500 116,500   95,163   80,800 71,800   139,840 139,840   110,000 100,000 115,000   135,000
Memory 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB   8 GB   8 GB 8 GB   8 GB 8 GB   16 GB 16 GB 8 GB   8 GB
Disk 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB   72 GB   72 GB 72 GB   72 GB 72 GB   438 GB 146 GB 146 GB   72 GB
OS V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise   Windows 2003, EE   Red Hat Linux AS 3, PE Red Hat Linux AS 3, PE   AIX 5L 5.2 AIX 5L 5.2   Solaris 9 Solaris 9 Solaris 9   HP-UX 11i Enterprise
DB DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400   SQL Server 2000, EE   Oracle 10g, SE MySQL MaxDB 7.5, PS   Oracle 10g, SE Oracle 10g, EE   Oracle 10g, SE Oracle 10g, EE Oracle 10g, SE   Oracle 10g, SE
List Price $228,250 $720,250 $247,230 $615,230   $109,631   $98,772 $80,732   $103,601 $229,220   $209,195 $422,195 $89,889   $156,933
Cost Per TPM List $1.96 $6.18 $2.12 $5.28   $1.15   $1.22 $1.12   $0.74 $1.64   $1.90 $4.22 $0.78   $1.16
  Note: 760 Users        
         
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