Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens Computers PRIMEPOWER Enterprise Servers
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Table 5: Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER XA Enterprise Models
Model
Description
Price ($)
PRIMEPOWER 900
High-End Configuration
As above, but with eight
system boards, 64 CPUs,
128GB of memory, and 16
PCI/disk boxes (160 PCI
slots)
3,190,000
128-Way Configuration
As above, but with 16
system boards, 128 CPUs,
256GB of memory and 32
PCI/disk boxes (320 PCI
slots)
5,960,000
System Console
PRIMEPOWER M200:
pedestal chassis, one
250MHz/4MB CPU, 256MB
of memory, one 18GB disk,
CD-ROM drive, LAN
adapter, monitor,
keyboard/mouse, and
Solaris 7 license and media
Included with
configurations shown
above
Prices supplied by Fujitsu Siemens Computers and current as of March 2003.
Prices are provided only as a guide. Gartner accepts no responsibility for their accuracy.
GSA Pricing
Yes.
Competitors
While the Sun F15K and F12K represent the PRIMEPOWERs’ main competitors, the PRIMEPOWER
1500 and 2500 also compete against IBM’s pSeries 690, HP’s Superdome, and IBM’s zSeries 900.
With its maximum of 16 processors, the PRIMEPOWER 900 competes in the midrange sector of the Unix
server market. Competitors include the Sun Fire 6800, HP rp8400, and IBM pSeries 650 and 670.
Table “Competitive Comparison: Sun 2500/1500” compares the specifications and features of these
servers.
Table 6: Competitive Comparison: PRIMEPOWER 2500/1500
PRIMEPOWER
2500-128
PRIMEPOWER
1500
HP Superdome
64
IBM p690
Sun F15K
Processors
SPARC64 V
(1.3GHz)
SPARC64 V
(1.35GHz)
PA-8700
(750MHz), PA-
8700+ 875MHz)
POWER4
(1.1GHz,
1.3GHz)
UltraSPARC III
(1.05GHz,
1.2GHz)
Processor
Performance
(SPECint2000)
800 est.
800 est.
Not available
839 (1.3GHz)
590 est.
(1.2GHz)
