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Aix vs Solaris (3)

Aix vs Solaris (3)Expensive comparison[i]We made a comparison between the current M5000 and p570 POWER6).The p570 was almost 50% more expensive than the M5000. Service & Support from IBM was also about 20% more expensive. This included all discounts we could get both sides knew about each other.[/i]Yes but...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, M5000, SPECjbb2005, GHz Processors, IBM Corp., p570, Chip/16 Socket M8000, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?

AMD kicked off the "premier" of their latest microprocessor offering with a launch party at the Herbst International Exhibit Hall Monday night.  Partners like VMware, HP, Dell, Sun, Oracle, IBM, Microsoft and others were on hand or were there by video link to celebrate the launch of AMD's single-die quad-core...

Tags: Processor, Performance, Quad-core, Barcelona, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., SPECint_rate2006, SPECjbb2005, FBDIMM, Scott Wasson, Performance Management, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-09-12

Additional Resources

I'm not against Windows; Unix just works better

I'm not against Windows; Unix just works betterIt is one thing to lie ....... to the people here but don't lie to yourself. You are most definitely against Windows and Intel. You have made enough anti-Microsoft and anti-Intel statements to prove that point beyond doubt.All niceBut you almost...

Tags: Operating systems, Unix, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-03-26

An Assessment of Leadership Performance With POWER6 Processors and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1

Compute-intensive performance is increasingly required for today's high-performance environments. The IBM System p 570 with POWER6 processors provides leadership performance and demonstrates excellent scalability moving from one node to four nodes in this environment while providing linear SMP Symmetric Multiprocessing scaling and growth for workloads similar to the metrics used...

Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Leadership, Red Hat Inc., IBM POWER6, IBM Corp., Compute-intensive Performance, Processors, Open Source, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

White papers 2008-01-31

SPEC launches standardized energy efficiency benchmark

SPEC Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation launched its first standardized energy efficiency benchmark SPECpower_ssj2008 this week which tackles something that the computer industry has struggled to define in recent years.  With datacenter energy costs spiraling out of control, server customers have struggled to sort out the conflicting messages from technology vendors...

Tags: Performance, Java, Quad-core, Power Consumption, Server, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Energy Efficiency, SPECpower_ssj2008, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-12-14

Sun's new servers get intimate with Intel and Microsoft

John Fowler Executive VP Sun Microsystems announced a pair of new Servers yesterday at Sun's head quarters in Menlo Park California.  Fowler showed off one of the servers last week at Intel IDF in San Francisco an posed with Pat Gelsinger standing on the left in picture to the left...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., HPC, Servers, Hardware, George Ou

Blog posts 2007-09-27

AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?

AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?Are you talking "on-Paper" or "In Reality" ?From what I've read, the two are somewhat different.George on SPECjjb2005George says "...like SPECjbb2005 where Intel's lead is even larger than SPECint_rate2006."but later admits:"So far, there are no published SPECjbb2005 scores for any AMD Barcelona processors yet...

Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., quad-core

Discussion threads 2007-09-12

Will AMD Barcelona kill off high-margin AMD CPUs?

AMD was riding high a year ago dominating sales in the dual-processor Server market and virtually owned the multi-processor (4+) Server market.  Then Intel launched the Core Micro-architecture on the desktop and dual-processor Server market and momentum swung from AMD to Intel overnight in both of...

Tags: Processor, Quad-core, Barcelona, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Intel Corp., George Ou

Blog posts 2007-09-08

Intel launches Caneland MP platform and Tigerton CPUs

Intel launches Caneland MP platform and Tigerton CPUsAnd the winner is?Good to see the bashing going on on both sides.Should be good. I think the application is what would determine the brand of processor to buy.Even though I'll never own one - it looks interestingIntel has a winner on...

Tags: Performance management, Processors, IBM Corp., Intel Corp., Tigerton CPU, Caneland MP, Caneland MP platform, performance

Discussion threads 2007-09-05

Can Sun make Niagara II shine in late 2007?

David Kanter offers a sneak peak at Sun's Niagara II processor.Kanter: "Although performance numbers were not forthcoming, the design objectives seem feasible and relatively competitive for a processor slated to arrive in the third quarter of 2007. The improvements in the cores and system architecture for Niagara II are substantial...

Tags: T1000, Niagara II, Niagara

Blog posts 2006-09-13

Performance of the IBM System p5 520, 550 and 550Q

The IBM System p5 520, 550 and 550Q are the latest IBM POWER5 processor-based servers designed for commercial and high performance compute-intensive workloads. The p5-520 and p5-550 servers are 2-way and 4-way Dual-Chip Module systems running at 1.9 GHz while the p5-550Q is 4-way and 8-way 1.5 GHz Quad-Core Module...

Tags: Performance, IBM AIX, IBM AIX 5L, IBM Corp., Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware

White papers 2005-10-04