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| The System i5 595 Standard and Enterprise Edition Servers Versus Other Big Iron | ||||||||||||||
| System i5 #1 | System i5 #2 | Windows #1 | Windows #2 | Windows #3 | Linux #1 | Linux #2 | Unix #1 | Unix #2 | Unix #3 | Mainframe | ||||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | HP | Unisys | IBM | Fujitsu Siemens | HP | Sun | IBM | IBM | ||||
| Make | i5 595 | i5 595 | Integrity | ES7000 | System x | Primequest | NA | Integrity | Sun Fire | p5 | System z9 | |||
| Model | Standard Edition (0941) | Enterprise Edition (0941) | rx8640 | ES7000/one | x3950 | 480 | rx8640 | E6900 | 595+ | EC S18/716 | ||||
| Processor | Power5+ | Power5+ | Itanium 9050 | Intel 7041 | Intel 7041 | Intel Itanium 2 | Itanium 9050 | UltraSparc-IV+ | Power5+ | "Danu" | ||||
| Active Cores | 16 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| CPU Speed | 1.9 GHz | 1.9 GHz | 1.6 GHz | 3 GHz | 3 GHz | 1.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz | 1.8 GHz | 2.3 GHz | 1.7 GHz | ||||
| Cache per Core | 950 KB | 950 KB | 9 MB | 2 MB | 2 MB | 9 MB | 9 MB | 1 MB | 950 KB | Unknown | ||||
| OLTP TPM | 507,450 | 507,450 | 900,000 | 749,839 | 650,000 | 792,102 | 900,000 | 770,000 | 1,194,282 | 343,319 | ||||
| CPW Rating | 51,000 | 51,000 | 90,450 | 75,360 | 65,300 | 79,600 | 90,450 | 77,400 | 120,028 | 34,504 | ||||
| Memory | 32 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 32 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 * 73 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | NA | ||||
| Tape | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | NA | ||||
| OS | i5/OS V5R4 | i5/OS V5R4 | Windows 2003 DE + 4,000 CALs | Windows 2003 DE + 3,300 CALs | Windows 2003 DE + 2,900 CALs | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS | HP-UX 11i v2 EE | Solaris 10 | AIX 5.3 | z/OS 1.7 | ||||
| DB | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | SQL Server 2005 EE | SQL Server 2005 EE | SQL Server 2005 EE | Oracle 10g EE | Oracle 10g EE | Oracle 10g EE | Oracle 10g EE | DB2 for z/OS | ||||
| Hypervisor | Virtualization Engine | Virtualization Engine | VMware ESX Server EE | VMware ESX Server EE | VMware ESX Server EE | VMware ESX Server EE | Virtual Server Environment | Solaris Containers | Virtualization Engine | LPAR | ||||
| System List Price | $1,696,946 | $2,746,946 | $694,212 | $953,157 | $523,637 | $1,928,487 | $886,620 | $2,046,770 | $1,498,188 | $17,802,060 | ||||
| Cost Per TPM List | $3.34 | $5.41 | $0.77 | $1.27 | $0.81 | $2.43 | $0.99 | $2.66 | $1.25 | $51.85 | ||||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | HP | HP | Sun | IBM | IBM | |||||||
| Make | i5 595 | i5 595 | Integrity Superdome | Integrity Superdome | Sun Fire | p5 | System z9 | |||||||
| Model | Standard Edition (0943) | Enterprise Edition (0943) | "Pinnacles" | "Pinnacles" | E25000 | 595+ | EC S38/732 | |||||||
| Processor | Power5+ | Power5+ | Itanium 2 | Itanium 2 | UltraSparc-IV+ | Power5+ | "Danu" | |||||||
| Active Cores | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 72 | 32 | 32 | |||||||
| CPU Speed | 1.9 GHz | 1.9 GHz | 1.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 2.3 GHz | 1.7 GHz | |||||||
| Cache per Core | 950 KB | 950 KB | 9 MB | 9 MB | 1 MB | 950 KB | Unknown | |||||||
| OLTP TPM | 915,400 | 915,400 | 675,000 | 725,000 | 950,000 | 2,240,777 | 594,798 | |||||||
| CPW Rating | 92,000 | 92,000 | 67,839 | 72,864 | 95,477 | 225,204 | 59,779 | |||||||
| Memory | 64 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 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 * 73 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | NA | |||||||
| Tape | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | NA | |||||||
| OS | i5/OS V5R4 | i5/OS V5R4 | Windows 2003 DE + 3,000 CALs | HP-UX 11i v2 EE | Solaris 10 | AIX 5.3 | z/OS 1.7 | |||||||
| DB | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | SQL Server 2005 EE | Oracle 10g EE | Oracle 10g EE | Oracle 10g EE | DB2 for z/OS | |||||||
| Hypervisor | Virtualization Engine | Virtualization Engine | VMware ESX Server EE | Virtual Server Environment | Solaris Containers | Virtualization Engine | LPAR | |||||||
| System List Price | $3,277,549 | $4,397,549 | $2,592,931 | $2,639,763 | $4,027,585 | $2,612,188 | $29,530,612 | |||||||
| Cost Per TPM List | $3.58 | $4.80 | $3.84 | $3.64 | $4.24 | $1.17 | $49.65 | |||||||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | HP | HP | Sun | IBM | IBM | |||||||
| Make | i5 595 | i5 595 | Integrity Superdome | Integrity Superdome | Sun Fire | p5 | System z9 | |||||||
| Model | Standard Edition (0943) | Enterprise Edition (0943) | "Pinnacles" | "Pinnacles" | E25000 | 595+ | EC S54/754 | |||||||
| Processor | Power5+ | Power5+ | Itanium 2 | Itanium 2 | UltraSparc-IV+ | Power5+ | "Danu" | |||||||
| Active Cores | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 144 | 64 | 54 | |||||||
| CPU Speed | 1.9 GHz | 1.9 GHz | 1.6 GHz | 1.6 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 2.3 GHz | 1.7 GHz | |||||||
| Cache per Core | 950 KB | 950 KB | 9 MB | 9 MB | 1 MB | 950 KB | Unknown | |||||||
| OLTP TPM | 1,830,800 | 1,830,800 | 1,231,433 | 1,400,000 | 2,000,000 | 4,033,378 | 884,225 | |||||||
| CPW Rating | 184,000 | 184,000 | 123,762 | 140,704 | 201,005 | 405,365 | 88,867 | |||||||
| Memory | 128 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB | 128 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 * 73 GB, RAID 5 | 2 * 36 GB, RAID 5 | NA | |||||||
| Tape | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | 200 GB LTO-2 Ultrium | NA | |||||||
| OS | i5/OS V5R4 | i5/OS V5R4 | Windows 2003 DE + 5,500 CALs | HP-UX 11i v2 EE | Solaris 10 | AIX 5.3 | z/OS 1.7 | |||||||
| DB | DB2/400 | DB2/400 | SQL Server 2005 EE | Oracle 10g EE | Oracle 10g EE | Oracle 10g EE | DB2 for z/OS | |||||||
| Hypervisor | Virtualization Engine | Virtualization Engine | VMware ESX Server EE | Virtual Server Environment | Solaris Containers | Virtualization Engine | LPAR | |||||||
| System List Price | $6,126,765 | $7,246,765 | $4,523,739 | $4,760,403 | $7,887,465 | $4,824,088 | $43,901,796 | |||||||
| Cost Per TPM List | $3.35 | $3.96 | $3.67 | $3.40 | $3.94 | $1.20 | $49.65 | |||||||
