Entry Linux Servers Versus The Competition
Linux #1 Linux #2   Windows #1 Windows #2 Windows #3   Unix #1 Unix #2 Unix #3 Unix #4   System i5 #1 System i5 #2
Vendor HP HP   HP HP     IBM IBM
Make ProLiant ProLiant   ProLiant ProLiant     i5 520 i5 520
Model DL320 G4 DL320 G4   DL320 G4 DL320 G4     Value (7350) Express Entry+ RAID (7142)
Processor Celeron D 341 Celeron D 341   Celeron D 341 Celeron D 341     Power5+ Power5+
Active Cores 1 1   1 1     1 1
CPU Speed 2.93 GHz 2.93 GHz   2.93 GHz 2.93 GHz     1.9 GHz 1.9 GHz
Cache per Core 256 KB 256 KB   256 KB 256 KB     950 KB 950 KB
OLTP TPM 15,000 15,000   15,000 15,000     5,970 5,970
CPW Rating 1,510 1,510   1,510 1,510     600 600
Memory 2 GB 2 GB   2 GB 2 GB     2 GB 2 GB
Disk 2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5 2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5   2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5 2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5     2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5 4 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5
Tape 36 GB DAT 72 36 GB DAT 72   36 GB DAT 72 36 GB DAT 72     30 GB QIC 30 GB QIC
OS SLES 10 SLES 10   Windows 2003 EE + 35 CALs Windows SBS 2003 + 35 CALs     i5/OS V5R4 i5/OS V5R4
DB Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO   SQL Server 2005 SE SQL Server 2005 Workgroup     DB2/400 DB2/400
Hypervisor VMware ESX Server EE Xen 3   VMware ESX Server EE Virtual Server 2005     Virtualization Engine Virtualization Engine
System List Price $15,610 $9,860   $21,314 $8,725     $12,633 $15,922
Cost Per TPM List $1.04 $0.66   $1.42 $0.58     $2.12 $2.67
     
     
Vendor HP HP   HP HP Sun     IBM IBM
Make ProLiant ProLiant   ProLiant ProLiant Galaxy     i5 520 i5 520
Model DL380 G5 DL380 G5   DL380 G5 DL380 G5 X2100     Value (7352) Express Growth RAID (7143)
Processor Xeon 5120 Xeon 5120   Xeon 5120 Xeon 5120 Opteron 180     Power5+ Power5+
Active Cores 2 2   2 2 2     1 1
CPU Speed 1.86 GHz 1.86 GHz   1.86 GHz 1.86 GHz 2.4 GHz     1.9 GHz 1.9 GHz
Cache per Core 2 MB 2 MB   2 MB 2 MB 1 MB     950 KB 950 KB
OLTP TPM 40,800 40,800   40,800 40,800 50,000     11,940 11,940
CPW Rating 4,100 4,100   4,100 4,100 5,025     1,200 1,200
Memory 2 GB 2 GB   2 GB 2 GB 2 GB     2 GB 2 GB
Disk 4 * 36 GB, RAID 5 4 * 36 GB, RAID 5   4 * 36 GB, RAID 5 4 * 36 GB, RAID 5 2 * 80 GB, RAID 1     2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5 4 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5
Tape 36 GB DAT 72 36 GB DAT 72   36 GB DAT 72 36 GB DAT 72 36 GB DAT 72     30 GB QIC 30 GB QIC
OS SLES 10 SLES 10   Windows 2003 EE + 100 CALs Windows 2003 SE + 100 CALs Windows 2003 SE + 100 CALs     i5/OS V5R4 i5/OS V5R4
DB Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO   SQL Server 2005 SE SQL Server 2005 WE SQL Server 2005 WE     DB2/400 DB2/400
Hypervisor VMware ESX Server EE Xen 3   VMware ESX Server EE Virtual Server 2005 Virtual Server 2005     Virtualization Engine Virtualization Engine
System List Price $18,066 $12,316   $25,720 $14,870 $11,338     $25,633 $25,757
Cost Per TPM List $0.44 $0.30   $0.63 $0.36 $0.23     $2.15 $2.16
     
     
Vendor HP HP   HP HP Sun   HP Sun Sun IBM   IBM IBM
Make ProLiant ProLiant   ProLiant ProLiant Galaxy   Integrity Galaxy Niagara p5   i5 520 i5 520
Model DL380 G5 DL380 G5   DL380 G5 DL380 G5 X4200   rx2620 X4200 T2000 510+ Express   Standard Edition (7784) Enterprise Edition (7735)
Processor Xeon 5120 Xeon 5120   Xeon 5120 Xeon 5120 Opteron 248   Itanium 2 Opteron 248 Sparc T1 Power5+   Power5+ Power5+
Active Cores 2 2   2 2 1   1 1 6 1   1 1
CPU Speed 1.86 GHz 1.86 GHz   1.86 GHz 1.86 GHz 2.2 GHz   1.6 GHz 2.2 GHz 1 GHz 2.1 GHz   1.9 GHz 1.9 GHz
Cache per Core 2 MB 2 MB   2 MB 2 MB 1 MB   6 MB 1 MB 3 MB 950 KB   950 KB 950 KB
OLTP TPM 40,800 40,800   40,800 40,800 38,000   45,800 40,000 47,000 59,800   37,810 27,860
CPW Rating 4,100 4,100   4,100 4,100 3,820   4,600 4,050 4,724 6,010   3,800 2,800
Memory 2 GB 2 GB   2 GB 2 GB 2 GB   2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB   2 GB 2 GB
Disk 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 2 * 73 GB, RAID 5 2 * 73 GB, RAID 5 2 * 73 GB, RAID 5   2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5 2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5
Tape 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   37.5 GB SLR 60 37.5 GB SLR 60
OS SLES 10 SLES 10   Windows 2003 EE + 100 CALs Windows 2003 SE + 100 CALs Windows 2003 SE + 100 CALs   HP-UX 11i v2 EE Solaris 10 Solaris 10 AIX 5.3   i5/OS V5R4 i5/OS V5R4
DB Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO   SQL Server 2005 SE SQL Server 2005 WE SQL Server 2005 WE   Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO   DB2/400 DB2/400
Hypervisor VMware ESX Server EE Xen 3   VMware ESX Server EE Virtual Server 2005 Virtual Server 2005   Virtual Server Environment Solaris Containers Solaris Containers Virtualization Engine   Virtualization Engine Virtualization Engine
System List Price $17,508 $11,758   $25,162 $14,312 $13,158   $25,482 $10,255 $19,710 $12,340   $37,757 $95,557
Cost Per TPM List $0.43 $0.29   $0.62 $0.35 $0.35   $0.56 $0.26 $0.42 $0.21   $1.00 $3.43
     
     
Vendor HP HP   HP HP Sun   HP Sun Sun IBM   IBM IBM
Make ProLiant ProLiant   ProLiant ProLiant Galaxy   Integrity Galaxy Niagara p5   i5 520 i5 520
Model DL380 G5 DL380 G5   DL380 G5 DL380 G5 X4200   rx4640 X4200 T2000 520+ Express   Standard Edition (7785) Enterprise Edition (7736)
Processor Xeon 5160 Xeon 5160   Xeon 5160 Xeon 5160 Opteron 285   Itanium 9050 Opteron 285 Sparc T1 Power5+   Power5+ Power5+
Active Cores 4 4   4 4 4   2 4 8 2   2 2
CPU Speed 3 GHz 3 GHz   3 GHz 3 GHz 2.6 GHz   1.6 GHz 2.6 GHz 1.2 GHz 2.1 GHz   1.9 GHz 1.9 GHz
Cache per Core 2 MB 2 MB   2 MB 2 MB 1 MB   12 MB 1 MB 3 MB 950 KB   950 KB 950 KB
OLTP TPM 140,265 140,265   140,265 140,265 115,000   105,000 120,000 75,000 112,000   70,645 70,645
CPW Rating 14,100 14,100   14,100 14,100 11,600   10,553 12,060 7,538 11,256   7,100 7,100
Memory 4 GB 4 GB   4 GB 4 GB 4 GB   4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB   4 GB 4 GB
Disk 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 2 * 73 GB, RAID 5 2 * 73 GB, RAID 5 2 * 73 GB, RAID 5   2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5 2 * 35.2 GB, RAID 5
Tape 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   37.5 GB SLR 60 37.5 GB SLR 60
OS SLES 10 SLES 10   Windows 2003 EE + 300 CALs Windows 2003 SE + 300 CALs Windows 2003 SE + 300 CALs   HP-UX 11i v2 EE Solaris 10 Solaris 10 AIX 5.3   i5/OS V5R4 i5/OS V5R4
DB Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO   SQL Server 2005 SE SQL Server 2005 WE SQL Server 2005 WE   Oracle 10g SE Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO Oracle 10g SEO   DB2/400 DB2/400
Hypervisor VMware ESX Server EE Xen 3   VMware ESX Server EE Virtual Server 2005 Virtual Server 2005   Virtual Server Environment Solaris Containers Solaris Containers Virtualization Engine   Virtualization Engine Virtualization Engine
System List Price $25,354 $19,612   $40,020 $27,070 $27,097   $64,251 $19,290 $34,000 $26,170   $59,247 $199,247
Cost Per TPM List $0.18 $0.14   $0.29 $0.19 $0.24   $0.61 $0.16 $0.45 $0.23   $0.84 $2.82


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