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| Comparison of Midrange IBM, Sun, and HP Unix Servers: OLTP Workload | |||||
| Small Configurations | Nov 2005 pSeries | Nov 2005 Sun Fire | Nov 2005 Integrity | ||
| Vendor | IBM | Sun Microsystems | Hewlett-Packard | ||
| Make | p5 | Sun Fire | Integrity | ||
| Model | 570 Express | V890 | rx7620-16 | ||
| SMP | 2 Sockets/4 Cores | 4 Sockets/8 Cores | 8 Sockets/8 Cores | ||
| Processor | Power5 | UltraSparc-IV+ | Itanium 2 | ||
| Speed | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz | ||
| L2 Cache/CPU | 750 KB | 2 MB | 4 MB | ||
| OLTP TPM | 160,600 | 165,000 | 170,000 | ||
| Memory | 16 GB | 16 GB | 2 GB | ||
| Disk | 147 GB | 584 GB | 146 GB | ||
| OS | AIX 5L 5.3 | Solaris 10 | HP-UX 11i Enterprise | ||
| DB | Oracle 10g, EE | Oracle 10g, EE | Oracle 10g, EE | ||
| List Price | $178,136 | $306,195 | $481,874 | ||
| Cost Per TPM List | $1.11 | $1.86 | $2.83 | ||
| Medium Configurations | Nov 2005 pSeries | Nov 2005 Sun Fire | Nov 2005 Integrity | ||
| Vendor | IBM | Sun Microsystems | Hewlett-Packard | ||
| Make | p5 | Sun Fire | Integrity | ||
| Model | 570 Express | E2900 | rx8620-2 | ||
| SMP | 4 Sockets/8 Cores | 8 Sockets/16 Cores | 16 Sockets/16 Cores | ||
| Processor | Power5 | UltraSparc-IV+ | Itanium 2 | ||
| Speed | 1.5 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.6 GHz | ||
| L2 Cache/CPU | 750 KB | 2 MB | 3 MB | ||
| OLTP TPM | 305,000 | 300,000 | 330,000 | ||
| Memory | 32 GB | 32 GB | 2 GB | ||
| Disk | 147 GB | 292 GB | 146 GB | ||
| OS | AIX 5L 5.3 | Solaris 10 | HP-UX 11i Enterprise | ||
| DB | Oracle 10g, EE | Oracle 10g, EE | Oracle 10g, EE | ||
| List Price | $353,154 | $647,195 | $1,130,017 | ||
| Cost Per TPM List | $1.16 | $2.16 | $3.42 | ||
| Large Configurations | Nov 2005 pSeries | Nov 2005 Sun Fire | Nov 2005 Integrity | ||
| Vendor | IBM | Sun Microsystems | Hewlett-Packard | ||
| Make | p5 | Sun Fire | Integrity | ||
| Model | 570 | E6900 | Superdome | ||
| SMP | 6 Sockets/12 Cores | 16 Sockets/32 Cores | 32 Sockets/32 Cores | ||
| Processor | Power5 | UltraSparc-IV+ | Itanium 2 | ||
| Speed | 1.9 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.6 GHz | ||
| L2 Cache/CPU | 750 KB | 2 MB | 9 MB | ||
| OLTP TPM | 533,800 | 560,000 | 675,000 | ||
| Memory | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | ||
| Disk | 147 GB | 292 GB | 292 GB | ||
| OS | AIX 5L 5.3 | Solaris 10 | HP-UX 11i Enterprise | ||
| DB | Oracle 10g, EE | Oracle 10g, EE | Oracle 10g, EE | ||
| List Price | $936,146 | $1,714,690 | $2,948,119 | ||
| Cost Per TPM List | $1.75 | $3.06 | $4.37 | ||
| Extra Large Configurations | Nov 2005 pSeries | Nov 2005 Sun Fire | Nov 2005 Integrity | ||
| Vendor | IBM | Sun Microsystems | Hewlett-Packard | ||
| Make | p5 | Sun Fire | Integrity | ||
| Model | 570 | E6900 | Superdome | ||
| SMP | 8 Sockets/16 Cores | 24 Sockets/48 Cores | 40 Sockets/40 Cores | ||
| Processor | Power5 | UltraSparc-IV+ | Itanium 2 | ||
| Speed | 1.9 GHz | 1.5 GHz | 1.6 GHz | ||
| L2 Cache/CPU | 750 KB | 2 MB | 9 MB | ||
| OLTP TPM | 809,145 | 800,000 | 805,000 | ||
| Memory | 96 GB | 96 GB | 96 GB | ||
| Disk | 147 GB | 292 GB | 292 GB | ||
| OS | AIX 5L 5.3 | Solaris 10 | HP-UX 11i Enterprise | ||
| DB | Oracle 10g, EE | Oracle 10g, EE | Oracle 10g, EE | ||
| List Price | $1,479,010 | $2,054,690 | $3,593,279 | ||
| Cost Per TPM List | $1.83 | $2.57 | $4.46 | ||