The HP Proliant DL595 is a very mean machine when running 64 Linux. Perfect as a Postgresql/MySQL/Oracle server.
The Specs are as follows:
* 4x AMD Opteron 2.6GHz CPU w/ 1MB L2 cache
* on-board 2.6GHz memory controller for outstanding performance and scalability
* 1GHz HyperTransport technology delivering 8GB/sec CPU to CPU
* RAM - Up to 64GB of PC2100 @ 266MHz (32GB @ 400MHz)
* 8 PCI-X expansion slots, a dual-port Gbit NIC
* Smart Array 5i Plus controller with Battery-backed Write Cache enabler
Price :$32,000+ USD
Almost as nice is Sun's v40z:
* 4x AMD Opteron 2.6GHz CPU w/ 1MB L2 cache
* HyperTransport technology delivering 4.6GB/sec CPU to CPU
* RAM - 32 GB of registered DDR1-333 SDRAM
* 7 PCI-X 66-133 Mhz expansion slots
*a dual-port Gbit NIC + management NIC
Price: $30-38K fully decked out. RAM drives up the price.
Similar (but not quite as nice) machines are available from Appro, iWill and Tytan. However, what I'd like to see as the basically the DL595x10. At a good price.
Here is what I'd like to see as the "ulimate linux database server".:
* 20-40x AMD Opteron 2.8GHz CPU Dual Core w/ 4MB L2 cache
* 10 GHz HyperTransport technology delivering 80GB/sec CPU to CPU
* 4 Ghz Front side bus
* RAM - Up to 320GB DDR3 @ 1066 MHz
* 8 PCI-X 2.0 533 Mhz expansion slots
* a dual-port 10 Gbit NIC
*2x 10 Ghz iSCSI/FC controller with Battery-backed Write Cache enabler
*HD 20,000 RPM with 80 MB Cache, 2 ms access, NCQ and the use of asynchronous I/O.
Hot-swap CPU, memory, I/O , power, fans, etc.
Note - this dream machine isn't that far off, a CPU with similar specs might be available next year (sans 4 MB cache). The HyperTransport and Front Size Bus may take a while. Most mainframe style servers (e25K) have about I/O of 25 GB/sec. It would have enough enough memory to load your average regional bank's customer database into memory. You could throw out your z990 and save yourself $3 Million per year.
Posted by Anthony at February 24, 2005 11:50 AM | TrackBack