| Comparison of IBM, Sun, and HP Unix Servers | |||||
| Around 25,000 TPM | 2003 pSeries Line | 2004 Sun Fire Line | 2004 Sun Fire Line | 2004 HP Integrity Line | |
| Vendor | IBM | Sun Microsystems | Sun Microsystems | Hewlett-Packard | |
| Make | pSeries | Sun Fire | Sun Fire | Integrity | |
| Model | 615 Model 6E3 Express | V210 | V240 | rx1600-2 | |
| SMP | 1-Way | 1-Way | 2-Way | 1-Way | |
| Processor | Power4+ | UltraSparc-IIIi | UltraSparc-IIIi | Itanium 2 | |
| Speed | 1.2 GHz | 1.06 GHz | 1.28 GHz | 1 GHz | |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 750 KB | 1 MB | 1 MB | 1.5 MB | |
| OLTP TPM | 23,000 | 9,500 | 22,000 | 30,300 | |
| Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | 2 GB | |
| Disk | 72 GB | 146 GB | 146 GB | 72 GB | |
| OS | AIX 5L 5.2 | Solaris 9 | Solaris 9 | HP-UX 11i Enterprise | |
| DB | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SEO | |
| List Price | $14,080 | $17,835 | $20,085 | $19,065 | |
| Cost Per TPM List | $0.61 | $1.88 | $0.91 | $0.63 | |
| Around 50,000 TPM | 2003 pSeries Line | 2004 Sun Fire Line | 2004 HP Integrity Line | ||
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | Sun Microsystems | Sun Microsystems | Hewlett-Packard |
| Make | pSeries | pSeries | Sun Fire | Sun Fire | Integrity |
| Model | 615 Model 6C3 Express | 630 Model 6C4 Express | V440 | V480 | rx2600-2 |
| SMP | 2-Way | 2-Way | 4-Way | 4-Way | 2-Way |
| Processor | Power4+ | Power4+ | UltraSparc-IIIi | UltraSparc-III | Itanium 2 |
| Speed | 1.45 GHz | 1.45 GHz | 1.06 GHz | 1.2 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 750 KB | 750 KB | 1 MB | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| OLTP TPM | 40,600 | 40,600 | 36,300 | 66,000 | 76,400 |
| Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Disk | 72 GB | 72 GB | 146 GB | 146 GB | 72 GB |
| OS | AIX 5L 5.2 | AIX 5L 5.2 | Solaris 9 | Solaris 9 | HP-UX 11i Enterprise |
| DB | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SE | Oracle 10g, SE | Oracle 10g, SE | Oracle 10g, SEO |
| List Price | $27,685 | $48,195 | $75,895 | $98,195 | $35,185 |
| Cost Per TPM List | $0.68 | $1.19 | $2.09 | $1.49 | $0.46 |
| Around 100,000 TPM | 2003 pSeries Line | 2004 Sun Fire Line | 2004 HP Integrity Line | ||
| Vendor | IBM | Sun Microsystems | Sun Microsystems | Hewlett-Packard | |
| Make | pSeries | Sun Fire | Sun Fire | Integrity | |
| Model | 630 Model 6C4 Express | V880 | E2900 | rx5670 | |
| SMP | 4-Way | 8-Way | 8-Way | 4-Way | |
| Processor | Power4+ | UltraSparc-III | UltraSparc-VI | Itanium 2 | |
| Speed | 1.45 GHz | 1.2 GHz | 1.2 GHz | 1.5 GHz | |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 750 KB | 8 MB | 8 MB | 6 MB | |
| OLTP TPM | 79,950 | 110,000 | 100,000 | 135,000 | |
| Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 8 GB | |
| Disk | 72 GB | 438 GB | 146 GB | 72 GB | |
| OS | AIX 5L 5.2 | Solaris 9 | Solaris 9 | HP-UX 11i Enterprise | |
| DB | Oracle 10g, SE | Oracle 10g, SE | Oracle 10g, EE | Oracle 10g, SE | |
| List Price | $106,195 | $209,195 | $422,195 | $156,933 | |
| Cost Per TPM List | $1.33 | $1.90 | $4.22 | $1.16 | |