Comparison of Entry and Midrange Servers      
Entry Machines Wintel   Lintel, Oracle Lintel, MySQL Linux/Power, Oracle   pSeries Line   Sun Fire Line   HP Integrity Line   eServer i5 Line
Vendor HP   HP HP IBM   IBM   Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems   Hewlett-Packard   IBM IBM IBM IBM
Make ProLiant   ProLiant ProLiant OpenPower   pSeries   Sun Fire Sun Fire   Integrity   eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5
Model DL320 (Rack)   DL320 (Rack) DL320 (Rack) 720A   615 Model 6E3 Express   V210 V20z   rx1600-2   Model 520 Value Model 520 Express #1 Model 520 Express #2 Model 520 Express #3
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
Processor Intel Pentium 4   Intel Pentium 4 Intel Pentium 4 Power5   Power4+   UltraSparc-IIIi Opteron 244   Itanium 2   Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5
Speed 3.06 GHz   3.06 GHz 3.06 GHz 1.5 GHz   1.2 GHz   1.06 GHz 1.8 GHz   1 GHz   1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz
L2 Cache/CPU 512 KB   512 KB 512 KB 950 KB   750 KB   1 MB 1 MB   1.5 MB   950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB
OLTP TPM 10,600   9,000 8,000 30,000   23,000   9,500 25,000   30,300   4,975 4,975 4,975 9,950
Memory 2 GB   2 GB 2 GB 2 GB   2 GB   2 GB 2 GB   2 GB   1 GB 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Disk 72 GB   72 GB 72 GB 72 GB   72 GB   146 GB 146 GB   72 GB   70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB
OS Windows 2003, SE   Red Hat Linux ES 3, 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   V5R3 Value V5R3 Express V5R3 Express V5R3 Express
DB SQL Server 2000, SE   Oracle 10g, SEO MySQL MaxDB 7.5, ES Oracle 10g, SE   Oracle 10g, SEO   Oracle 10g, SEO Oracle 10g, SEO   Oracle 10g, SEO   DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400
List Price $13,283   $10,279 $9,774 $28,230   $14,080   $12,840 $12,789   $19,065   $11,214 $11,500 $14,500 $29,900
Cost Per TPM List $1.25   $1.14 $1.22 $0.94   $0.61   $1.35 $0.51   $0.63   $2.25 $2.31 $2.91 $3.01
Note: 75 Users          
         
         
Around 25,000 TPM Wintel   Lintel, Oracle Lintel, MySQL Linux/Power, Oracle   pSeries Line   Sun Fire Line   HP Integrity Line   eServer i5 Line
Vendor HP   HP HP IBM   IBM   Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems   Hewlett-Packard   IBM IBM IBM IBM
Make ProLiant   ProLiant ProLiant OpenPower   pSeries   Sun Fire Sun Fire   Integrity   eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5
Model ML350 G3 (Rack)   ML350 G3 (Rack) ML350 G3 (Rack) 720A   615 Model 6E3 Express   V240 V20z   rx1600-2   Model 520 Model 520 Model 550 Model 550
SMP 2-Way   2-Way 2-Way 1-Way   1-Way   2-Way 1-Way   1-Way   1-Way 1-Way 1-Way 1-Way
Processor Intel Xeon DP   Intel Xeon DP Intel Xeon DP Power5   Power4+   UltraSparc-IIIi Opteron 244   Itanium 2   Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5
Speed 2.8 GHz   2.8 GHz 2.8 GHz 1.5 GHz   1.2 GHz   1.28 GHz 1.8 GHz   1 GHz   1.5 GHz 1.5 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz
L2 Cache/CPU 1 MB   1 MB 1 MB 950 KB   750 KB   1 MB 1 MB   1.5 MB   950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB
OLTP TPM 28,711   24,400 21,700 30,000   23,000   22,000 25,000   30,300   23,000 23,000 31,600 31,600
Memory 2 GB   2 GB 2 GB 2 GB   2 GB   2 GB 2 GB   2 GB   2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Disk 72 GB   72 GB 72 GB 72 GB   72 GB   146 GB 146 GB   72 GB   70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB
OS Windows 2003, EE   Red Hat Linux ES 3, 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   V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise
DB SQL Server 2000, EE   Oracle 10g, SEO MySQL MaxDB 7.5, ES Oracle 10g, SE   Oracle 10g, SEO   Oracle 10g, SEO Oracle 10g, SEO   Oracle 10g, SEO   DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400
List Price $58,418   $17,021 $16,011 $28,230   $14,080   $20,085 $12,789   $19,065   $43,650 $113,650 $84,650 $276,650
Cost Per TPM List $2.03   $0.70 $0.74 $0.94   $0.61   $0.91 $0.51   $0.63   $1.90 $4.94 $2.68 $8.75
Note: 230 Users          
         
         
Around 50,000 TPM Windows 2003   Lintel, Oracle Lintel, MySQL Linux/Power, Oracle   eServer p5 Line   Sun Fire Line   HP Integrity Line   eServer i5 Line
Vendor HP   HP HP IBM   IBM IBM IBM   Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems   Hewlett-Packard   IBM IBM IBM IBM
Make ProLiant   ProLiant ProLiant OpenPower   eServer p5 eServer p5 eServer p5   Sun Fire Sun Fire Sun Fire Sun Fire   Integrity   eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5
Model DL380 G3 (Rack)   DL380 G3 (Rack) DL380 G3 (Rack) 720D   520 (Rack) 550 (Rack) 570 (Rack)   V440 V480 V20z V40z   rx2600-2   Model 520 Model 520 Model 550 Model 550
SMP 2-Way   2-Way 2-Way 2-Way   2-Way 2-Way 2-Way   4-Way 4-Way 2-Way 2-Way   2-Way   2-Way 2-Way 2-Way 2-Way
Processor Intel Xeon DP   Intel Xeon DP Intel Xeon DP Power5   Power5 Power5 Power5   UltraSparc-IIIi UltraSparc-III Opteron 244 Opteron 848   Itanium 2   Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5
Speed 3.2 GHz    3.2 GHz  3.2 GHz  1.65 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   1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz
L2 Cache/CPU 1 MB   1 MB 1 MB 950 KB   950 KB 950 KB 950 KB   1 MB 8 MB 1 MB 1 MB   3 MB   950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB
OLTP TPM 51,227   43,500 38,700 60,000   70,000 70,000 70,000   36,300 66,000 47,000 57,000   76,400   59,000 59,000 59,000 59,000
Memory 4 GB   4 GB 4 GB 4 GB   4 GB 4 GB 4 GB   4 GB 8 GB 4 GB 4 GB   4 GB   4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Disk 72 GB   72 GB 72 GB 72 GB   72 GB 72 GB 72 GB   146 GB 146 GB 146 GB 146 GB   72 GB   70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB
OS Windows 2003, EE   Red Hat Linux ES 3, SE 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   V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise
DB SQL Server 2000, EE   Oracle 10g, SEO MySQL MaxDB 7.5, ES Oracle 10g, SE   Oracle 10g, SEO Oracle 10g, SE Oracle 10g, EE   Oracle 10g, SE Oracle 10g, SE Oracle 10g, SEO Oracle 10g, SE   Oracle 10g, SEO   DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400
List Price $68,805   $20,217 $19,207 $48,680   $30,141 $57,954 $123,887   $75,895 $98,195 $20,479 $47,389   $35,185   $115,850 $281,850 $130,850 $422,850
Cost Per TPM List $1.34   $0.46 $0.50 $0.81   $0.43 $0.83 $1.77   $2.09 $1.49 $0.44 $0.83   $0.46   $1.96 $4.78 $2.22 $7.17
Note: 410 Users          
         
         
Around 100,000 TPM Windows 2003   Lintel, Oracle Lintel, MySQL Linux/Power, Oracle   eServer p5 Line   Sun Fire Line   HP Integrity Line   eServer i5 Line
Vendor HP   HP HP IBM   IBM IBM IBM   Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems   Hewlett-Packard   IBM IBM IBM IBM
Make ProLiant   ProLiant ProLiant OpenPower   eServer p5 eServer p5 eServer p5   Sun Fire Sun Fire Sun Fire   Integrity   eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5 eServer i5
Model DL580 G3 (Rack)   DL580 G3 (Rack) DL580 G3 (Rack) 720E   520 (Rack) 550 (Rack) 570 (Rack)   V880 E2900 V40z   rx5670   Model 550 Model 550 Model 570 (2/4) Model 570 (2/4)
SMP 4-Way   4-Way 4-Way 4-Way   No 4-way Available 4-Way 4-Way   8-Way 8-Way 4-Way   4-Way   4-Way 4-Way 4-Way 4-Way
Processor Intel Xeon MP   Intel Xeon MP Intel Xeon MP Power5   Power5 Power5   UltraSparc-III UltraSparc-VI Opteron 850   Itanium 2   Power5 Power5 Power5 Power5
Speed 3 GHz    3 GHz  3 GHz  1.65 GHz   1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz   1.2 GHz 1.2 GHz 2.4 GHz   1.5 GHz   1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz 1.65 GHz
L2 Cache/CPU 4 MB   4 MB 4 MB 950 KB   950 KB 950 KB   8 MB 8 MB 1 MB   6 MB   950 KB 950 KB 950 KB 950 KB
OLTP TPM 95,163   80,800 71,800 110,000   130,000 130,000   110,000 100,000 115,000   135,000   116,500 116,500 116,500 116,500
Memory 8 GB   8 GB 8 GB 8 GB   8 GB 8 GB   16 GB 16 GB 8 GB   8 GB   8 GB 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB
Disk 72 GB   72 GB 72 GB 72 GB   72 GB 72 GB   438 GB 146 GB 146 GB   72 GB   70 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB
OS Windows 2003, EE   Red Hat Linux AS 3, PE 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   V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise V5R3 Standard V5R3 Enterprise
DB SQL Server 2000, EE   Oracle 10g, SE MySQL MaxDB 7.5, PS Oracle 10g, SE   Oracle 10g, SE Oracle 10g, EE   Oracle 10g, SE Oracle 10g, EE Oracle 10g, SE   Oracle 10g, SE   DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400 DB2/400
List Price $109,631   $98,772 $80,732 $88,230   $103,601 $229,220   $209,195 $422,195 $89,889   $156,933   $228,250 $720,250 $247,230 $615,230
Cost Per TPM List $1.15   $1.22 $1.12 $0.80   $0.80 $1.76   $1.90 $4.22 $0.78   $1.16   $1.96 $6.18 $2.12 $5.28
Note: 760 Users          
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