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This chart compares specifications for the current AlphaServer family. For retired systems, go here.

Updated: August 6, 2004

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AlphaServer ES Series

» AlphaServer ES80

» AlphaServer ES47

» AlphaServer ES45

CPU features
Processors 2, 4, 6, or 8 2 tower, 2 or 4 rack Up to 4
CPU/ clock speed AlphaChip EV7 / 1.15 GHz, 1.0 GHz AlphaChip EV7 / 1.15 GHz, 1.0 GHz AlphaChip EV68 / 1.25 GHz
Level 2 cache size on chip 1.75 MB ECC, 7-way set associative 1.75 MB ECC, 7-way set associative 16 MB ECC DDR per processor
Performance
SPECint_2000 882 882 928
SPECint_rate_2000 81 (8 CPUs) 40 (4 CPUs) 42 (4 CPUs)
SPECfp_2000 1,494 1,494 1,365
SPECfp_rate_2000 136 (8 CPUs) 68 (4 CPUs) 50 (4 CPUs)
STREAMS Triad, MB/sec 49,729 (8 CPUs) 24,704 (4 CPUs) 3,584 (4 CPUs)
SPECompMpeak 12,289 (64 CPUs) 6,946 (64 CPUs) -
LINPACK 15,620 (N x N, 8 CPUs) 7,926 (N x N, 4 CPUs) 6,847 (N x N, 4 CPUs)
SPECweb99 - - 5,094 (4 CPUs)
TPC-C @ $/tpmC/availability - - 56,375 @ $9.39/tpmC
August 2002
SPEC and the benchmark names: SPECjbb, SPECweb, SPECint, SPEComp, and SPECfp are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Benchmark data presented above reflect results published on www.spec.org as of October 2004. For the latest SPEC benchmark results, visit http://www.spec.org/.
TPC is a registered trademark of the Transaction Processing Performance Council. For the latest TPC benchmark results, visit www.tpc.org. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
For the latest STREAMS benchmark results, visit www.cs.virginia.edu/stream/.
For the latest LINPACK benchmark results, visit http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.pdf.
Configurations
Packaging Rackmount Tower, 4U or 8U rackmount Tower, 8U rackmount, pedestal
Maximum memory Up to 64 GB (8 GB / processor); RAID memory optional

Up to 32 GB memory (8 GB/processor)
RAID Memory optional

Up to 32 GB memory (8 GB/processor)
RAID Memory optional

Maximum internal disk storage 2.3 TB Tower: 292 GB
Rack: 1.17 TB
Tower: 1.7 TB based on 146 GB drives
Rack: 22.2 TB
Pedestal: 5.8 TB
Maximum I/O bandwidth 24.5 GB/sec 12.3 GB/s 1.85 GB/s
I/O support Up to 52 PCI-X slots, 12 PCI slots, and 8 AGP 4X slots

Tower: 5 PCI-X slots, 1 AGP 4X slot
Rack: Up to 26 PCI-X slots, 6 PCI slots, and 4 AGP 4X slots

Model 1: 6 64-bit PCI slots and 1 AGP 4X slot
Models 2, 3: 10 64-bit PCI slots

Reliability/high availability features
 

Auto reboot, thermal management, remote system management, RAID storage, hot swap drives, RAID memory, ECC memory, ECC cache, SMP CPU failover, error logging, hot-swap redundant power and cooling.

Also with rackmount: multiple systems, multiple power sources, dual-ported storage, hard partitions.

Auto reboot, thermal management, remote system management, RAID storage, hot swap drives, RAID memory, ECC memory, ECC cache, SMP CPU failover, error logging, hot-swap redundant power and cooling.

Also with rackmount: multiple systems, multiple power sources, dual-ported storage, hard partitions.

Auto reboot, thermal management, remote system management, RAID storage, hot swap drives, RAID memory, ECC memory, ECC cache, ECC system bus, SMP CPU failover, error logging, hot-swap redundant power and cooling, optional uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

Also with rackmount: multiple systems, multiple power sources, dual-ported storage.

I/O options
  Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, sync. comm., async. comm., ATM, FW SCSI-2, FWD SCSI-2, Ultra2SCSI, Ultra3SCSI, RAID, Fibre Channel, CI (OpenVMS) Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, sync. comm., async. comm., ATM,FW SCSI-2, FWD SCSI-2, Ultra2SCSI, Ultra3 SCSI, RAID, Fibre Channel, CI (OpenVMS) Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, FDDI, sync. comm., async. comm., ATM, FWD SCSI-2, Ultra2SCSI, RAID, Fibre Channel, CI (OpenVMS)
Software
Operating systems Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS
Standard software Internet-Energized, HP Insight Manager Internet-Energized, HP Insight Manager Internet-Energized, HP Insight Manager
Clustering software

TruCluster, OpenVMS Clusters

TruCluster, OpenVMS Clusters

TruCluster, OpenVMS Clusters

When configured with Tru64 UNIX and TruCluster, AlphaServer systems provide automated failover and 99.999% availability and allow single system management of multiple servers.

OpenVMS Clusters can link together up to 96 AlphaServer or HP VAX systems spanning up to 500 miles into a virtual system that can share resources and ensure access to information and applications 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Features may differ among operating environments.
Performance may vary depending on configuration, application, and operating environment.

 

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