Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens Computers PRIMEPOWER Enterprise Servers
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Table 6: Competitive Comparison: PRIMEPOWER 2500/1500
PRIMEPOWER
2500-128
PRIMEPOWER
1500
HP Superdome
64
IBM p690
Sun F15K
High-Availability Features
Processor/Syst
em Board
Instruction retry;
parity protection
on execution
units and
registers; error
log collection by
H/W; CPU de-
configuration at
reboot;
concurrent
maintenance of
system boards
Instruction retry;
parity protection
on execution
units and
registers; error
log collection by
H/W; CPU de-
configuration at
reboot;
concurrent
maintenance of
system boards
Dynamic
(online) CPU
de-allocation by
OS; online hot-
sparing of COD
processors;
CPU de-
configuration at
reboot;
concurrent
maintenance of
system boards
Dynamic
(online) CPU
de-allocation by
OS; CPU de-
configuration at
reboot;
automatic
capture of
failure data
CPU de-
configuration at
reboot;
concurrent
maintenance of
system boards;
Dynamic
Reconfiguration
of system
boards
Memory
ECC on L1 and
L2 caches and
main memory;
automatic
single-bit
correction in L1
cache by
hardware; chip-
kill-like fault-
tolerance
ECC on L1 and
L2 caches and
main memory;
automatic
single-bit
correction in L1
cache by
hardware; chip-
kill-like fault-
tolerance
ECC on L2
caches and
main memory;
online de-
allocation; chip-
kill-like fault-
tolerance; soft
memory
scrubbing
ECC on L2
caches and
main memory;
online de-
allocation; chip-
kill fault-
tolerance; soft
memory
scrubbing;
redundant bit
steering
ECC on L2
caches and
main memory;
dynamic
reconfiguration
of
memory/system
board
I/O
I/O
Mulitpathing;
PCI hot-plug;
Dynamic
Reconfiguration
of PCI/disk
boxes
I/O
Mulitpathing;
PCI hot-plug;
Dynamic
Reconfiguration
of PCI/disk
boxes
I/O error
recovery; I/O
Multipathing
I/O
Multipathing;
PCI hot-plug;
PCI bus error
recovery
I/O
Multipathing;
Dynamic
Reconfiguration
of I/O boards
Redundant
Hardware
Crossbar,
system clock,
power supplies,
cooling, power
converter,
system control
feature
Power supplies,
cooling, DC-DC
converter,
system control
feature
Power supplies,
cooling, service
processor
Power supplies,
cooling, service
processor
Backplane,
system clock,
power supply,
cooling
Performance
TPC-C
Not available
(3)
Not available
(3)
423,414 tpmC
@ $15.64/tpmC
427,760 tpmC
@ $17.75/tpmC
Not available
SPECint2000
800 (est.) (4)
800 (est.) (4)
413
839
590 (est.)