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| Comparison of Entry IBM, Sun, and HP Unix Servers: OLTP Workload | Percent | ||
| Small Configurations | Jul 2004 pSeries | Oct 2005 pSeries | Change |
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | |
| Make | pSeries | p5 | |
| Model | 615 Model 6E3 Express | 505 Express | |
| SMP | 1 Socket/1 Core | 1 Socket/1 Core | |
| Processor | Power4+ | Power5+ | |
| Speed | 1.2 GHz | 1.65 GHz | |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 750 KB | 750 KB | |
| OLTP TPM | 23,000 | 32,000 | 39% |
| Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB | |
| Disk | 72 GB | 146 GB | |
| OS | AIX 5L 5.2 | AIX 5L 5.3 | |
| DB | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SEO | |
| List Price | $14,080 | $13,484 | -4% |
| Cost Per TPM List | $0.61 | $0.42 | -31% |
| Medium Configurations | Jul 2004 pSeries | Oct 2005 pSeries | |
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | |
| Make | pSeries | p5 | |
| Model | 615 Model 6E3 Express | 510 Express | |
| SMP | 1 Socket/1 Core | 1 Socket/1 Core | |
| Processor | Power4+ | Power5 | |
| Speed | 1.2 GHz | 1.65 GHz | |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 750 KB | 750 KB | |
| OLTP TPM | 23,000 | 47,000 | 104% |
| Memory | 2 GB | 2 GB | |
| Disk | 72 GB | 146 GB | |
| OS | AIX 5L 5.2 | AIX 5L 5.3 | |
| DB | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SEO | |
| List Price | $14,080 | $14,094 | 0% |
| Cost Per TPM List | $0.61 | $0.30 | -51% |
| Large Configurations | Jul 2004 pSeries | Oct 2005 pSeries | |
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | |
| Make | pSeries | p5 | |
| Model | 615 Model 6C3 Express | 520+ Express | |
| SMP | 1 Socket/2 Cores | 1 Socket/2 Cores | |
| Processor | Power4+ | Power5+ | |
| Speed | 1.45 GHz | 1.9 GHz | |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 750 KB | 750 KB | |
| OLTP TPM | 40,600 | 101,500 | 150% |
| Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB | |
| Disk | 72 GB | 146 GB | |
| OS | AIX 5L 5.2 | AIX 5L 5.3 | |
| DB | Oracle 10g, SEO | Oracle 10g, SEO | |
| List Price | $27,685 | $28,218 | 2% |
| Cost Per TPM List | $0.68 | $0.28 | -59% |
| Extra Large Configurations | Jul 2004 pSeries | Oct 2005 pSeries | |
| Vendor | IBM | IBM | |
| Make | pSeries | p5 | |
| Model | 630 Model 6C4 Express | 550+ Express | |
| SMP | 2 Sockets/4 Cores | 2 Sockets/4 Cores | |
| Processor | Power4+ | Power5+ | |
| Speed | 1.45 GHz | 1.9 GHz | |
| L2 Cache/CPU | 750 KB | 750 KB | |
| OLTP TPM | 79,950 | 202,000 | 153% |
| Memory | 8 GB | 8 GB | |
| Disk | 72 GB | 146 GB | |
| OS | AIX 5L 5.2 | AIX 5L 5.3 | |
| DB | Oracle 10g, SE | Oracle 10g, SEO | |
| List Price | $106,195 | $46,438 | -56% |
| Cost Per TPM List | $1.33 | $0.23 | -83% |