| 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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