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Manufacturer | Sun | Sun | Sun | HP | HP | IBM | IBM | IBM |
Product Type | Mid-Range Server | Mid-Range Server | Mid-Range Server | Entry-Level Server | Mid-Range Server | Entry-Level Server | Mid-Range Server | Mid-Range Server |
Form Factor | Rack | Rack | Rack, Tower | Rack | Rack | Rack, Tower | Rack | Rack |
Platform | UNIX | UNIX | UNIX | UNIX, LINUX, Windows, Other OS | UNIX, LINUX, Windows, Other OS | UNIX, LINUX | UNIX, LINUX | UNIX, LINUX |
Announced | 21-Sep-04 | 11-Feb-04 | 11-Feb-04 | 04-Nov-03 | 20-Mar-06 | 04-Oct-05 | 14-Feb-06 | 14-Feb-06 |
Available | 21-Sep-04 | 28-Apr-04 | 28-Mar-04 | 04-Nov-03 | 20-Mar-06 | 04-Oct-05 | 14-Feb-06 | 24-Feb-06 |
Architecture | RISC | RISC | RISC | IA-64 | IA-64 | RISC | RISC | RISC |
Operating System | Solaris | Solaris | Solaris | HP-UX, OpenVMS, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Windows | HP-UX, OpenVMS, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Windows | AIX, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux | AIX, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux | AIX, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux |
Processor Family | SPARC | SPARC | SPARC | Itanium | Itanium | POWER | POWER | POWER |
Processor Options | UltraSPARC IV (1.35GHz)
UltraSPARC IV+ (1.5GHz)
UltraSPARC IV+ (1.8GHz)
UltraSPARC IV+ (2.1GHz) | UltraSPARC IV (1.35GHz)
UltraSPARC IV+ (1.5GHz)
UltraSPARC IV+ (1.8GHz)
UltraSPARC IV+ (1.95GHz) | UltraSPARC IV (1.35GHz)
UltraSPARC IV+ (1.5GHz)
UltraSPARC IV+ (1.8GHz)
UltraSPARC IV+ (1.95GHz) | Itanium 2 (1.5GHz)
Itanium 2 (1.6GHz)
Itanium 2 9040 (1.6GHz)
Itanium 2 9050 (1.6GHz) | Itanium 2 (1.6GHz)
Itanium 2 9020 (1.42GHz)
Itanium 2 9040 (1.6GHz) | POWER5+ (1.65GHz)*
*Quad Core Module | POWER5+ (1.5GHz)*
POWER5+ (1.8GHz)*
*Quad Core Module | POWER5+ (1.9GHz)
POWER5+ (2.2GHz) |
Max Processor Chips | 8 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
Max Processor Cores | 16 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 16 |
Cache | 16MB L2 (UltraSPARC IV) or 32MB L3 (UltraSPARC IV+)
| 16MB L2 (UltraSPARC IV) or 32MB L3 (UltraSPARC IV+) | 16MB L2 (UltraSPARC IV) or 32MB L3 (UltraSPARC IV+) | 4MB, 6MB, 9MB, 18MB or 24MB L3 or 32MB shared L4 | 6MB or 12MB or 18MB L3 | 36MB L3 per 2 CPUs | 36MB or 72MB L3 | 36MB L3 per 2 CPUs |
Chipset | | | | HP zx1 | sx2000 | | | |
Memory Minimum | 8.00 GB | 16.00 GB | 2.00 GB | 1.00 GB | 2.00 GB | 1.00 GB | 2.00 GB | 2.00 GB |
Memory Maximum | 128 GB | 192 GB | 192 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB | 512 GB |
Memory Type | DDR1 SDRAM | DDR1 SDRAM | DDR1 SDRAM | DDR1 SDRAM | DDR2 SDRAM | DDR2 SDRAM | DDR2 SDRAM | DDR1 SDRAM, DDR2 SDRAM |
Memory Protection | ECC | ECC | ECC | Registered ECC, Memory chip spare | ECC, chip spare | Chipkill ECC with dynamic bit-steering memory | Chipkill ECC with dynamic bit-steering memory | Chipkill ECC with dynamic bit-steering memory |
Disk Type | FC | SCSI | External storage only | SCSI | SCSI | SCSI | SCSI | SCSI |
Internal Disk Bays | 12 | 2 | | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12, (six per drawer on split backplane 3/3) | 24 |
Bays Information | 12 x 3.5" hot swap hard disk bays;
3 x media bays | 2 x 3.5" hot swap hard disk bays;
2 x 5.25" media bay (one bay occupied by a DVD-ROM) | External storage via Sun StorEdge hardware | 2 x hot swap HDD bays;
1 x removable media bay | 4 x hot swap HDD bays;
1 x media bay | 3 x media bays
4 x hot swap drive bays standard
4 x hot swap drive bays optional | 6 x hot swap drive bays per drawer,
2 x media bays per drawer | 6 x hot swap drive bays per drawer
2 x media bays per drawer |
Disk Max Internal | 1,752 GB | 146 GB | | 600 GB | 1,200 GB | 2,400 GB (3.12TB using 8 x I/O Drawers) | 3,600 GB | 7,200 GB (79.2TB using 20 x I/O Drawers) |
RAID Support | Optional | Optional | | RAID 1; Optional RAID 5 | Optional RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 5, 6 | Optional | Optional | Optional |
Hot Swap Disks | FC | SCSI | | SCSI | SCSI | Yes, SCSI | Yes, SCSI | Yes, SCSI |
I/O Technology | PCI | PCI, PCI-X | PCI, PCI-X | PCI-X | PCI-X | PCI-X | PCI-X | PCI-X |
I/O Slot Types | 2 x 64-bit/66MHz full-sized hot-plug PCI
7 x 64-bit/33MHz full-sized hot-plug PCI | 1 x 64-bit/66MHz PCI
5 x 64-bit/33MHz PCI or
6 x 64-bit/100MHz PCI-X | 12 x 64-bit, 33MHz PCI slots
4 x 64-bit, 66MHz PCI slots or
12 x 64-bit, 100MHz PCI-X slots,
4 x 64-bit, 33MHz PCI-X slots | 2 x 64-bit, 133MHz PCI-X hot-plug slots
4 x 64-bit, 66MHz PCI-X hot-plug slots | 15 x 64bit, 133MHz PCI-X slots | 2 x PCI-X 64-bit, 133MHz (long)
2 x PCI-X 64-bit, 133MHz (short)
1 x PCI-X DDR 64-bit, 266MHz (long) | 5 x PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz (long)
1 x PCI-X 64-bit 133MHz (short) | 5 x PCI-X 64-bit, 133MHz (long)
1 x PCI-X 64-bit, 133MHz (short), (per System Drawer) |
I/O Max Slots | 9 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 59, (using 8 x I/O Drawers) | 12 | 163, (using 20 x I/O Drawers) |
I/O Internal Slots | 9 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Networking | 1 x Gigabit Ethernet port, 10/100Base-T Ethernet port | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet ports, 1 x 10/100Base-T | Integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet | 2 x 10/100/1000Base-T LAN ports, 10/100 Base-T LAN for Integrated Lights Out (iLO) management
| 1 x Gigabit Ethernet, 1 x 10/100BaseT (management LAN) | Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet | Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet | Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet |
Rack Units | 17U | 12U | 17.5U | 4U | 10U | 4U | 8U, (system max) | 16U, (System max) |