So there’s a nice new IBM P-series midrange available, the p570 <\/a>with the new POWER6 processor. Over at spec.org<\/a> they have the lowdown; running the same operating system (SLES 10 SP1), the p570 blows away the fasted x86 machine available, a Dell R900<\/a> with a Xeon E7720 processor. Here are the specs:<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n int<\/strong><\/td>\n | int_<\/strong>base<\/strong><\/td>\n | fp<\/strong><\/td>\n | fp_<\/strong>base<\/strong><\/td>\n | $\/int<\/strong><\/td>\n | $\/int_<\/strong>base<\/strong><\/td>\n | $\/fp<\/strong><\/td>\n | $\/fp_<\/strong>base<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | IBM p570<\/td>\n | 234<\/td>\n | 204<\/td>\n | 215<\/td>\n | 182<\/td>\n | $1,991<\/td>\n | $2,284<\/td>\n | $2,167<\/td>\n | $2,560<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Dell R900<\/td>\n | 142<\/td>\n | 120<\/td>\n | 90<\/td>\n | 83<\/td>\n | $59<\/td>\n | $70<\/td>\n | $93<\/td>\n | $10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n | –<\/p>\n But, the P-series lists for $466,000 (that gets you 8 cores at 4.7GHz and 64GB of memory) and the Dell is only $8,400 (8 cores at 2.93GHz with 16GB memory). So you could buy 55 Dells for the price of one of those P-series boxes. Fifty five!<\/p>\n [updated w\/table]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So there’s a nice new IBM P-series midrange available, the p570 with the new POWER6 processor. Over at spec.org they have the lowdown; running the same operating system (SLES 10 SP1), the p570 blows away the fasted x86 machine available, … Continue reading |