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IBM System p 570
(Rack-mount)

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Easily scale from 2- to 16-cores with the IBM System p™ 570. Unique IBM modular SMP architecture lets you add more powerful IBM POWER6™ 3.5, 4.2 or 4.7 GHz processing capability exactly when needed. Innovative RAS features and leadership virtualization capabilities make the p570 well suited as a mid-range application or database server, or for server consolidation. And the flexibility to use both the leading-edge AIX® and Linux® operating systems broadens the application offerings available and increases the ways clients can manage growth, complexity and risk.

Processor cores		2, 4, 8, 12, 16 POWER6
Clock rates (Min/Max)		3.5 GHz / 4.7 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)		2 GB / 768 GB
Internal storage (Std/Max)		73.4 GB / 79.2 TB (with optional I/O drawers)
Performance (rPerf range)*		15.85 / 134.35

IBM System p5 570
(Rack-mount)

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Easily scale from 2- to 16-cores with the IBM System p5™ 570. Unique IBM modular SMP architecture lets you add more powerful IBM POWER5+™ processing capability exactly when needed.

Processor cores		2, 4, 8, 12, 16 POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)		1.9 GHz / 2.2 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)		2GB / 512GB
Internal disk storage (Std/Max)		73.4GB / 79.2TB (with optional I/O drawers)
Performance (rPerf range)*		12.27 / 95.96

IBM System p5 575
(Frame-mount)

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IBM System p5 575 cluster nodes are 8- and 16-core high-powered building blocks for data mining and numeric intensive computing applications—featuring a high memory bandwidth and an ultra-dense design.

Processor cores		Eight or 16 IBM POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)		2.2 GHz (8-core), 1.9 GHz (16-core)
System memory (Std/Max)		1GB / 256GB
Internal storage (Std/Max)		73.4GB / 2.9TB
LINPACK HPC performance (GFLOPS) ¹		66.44 (8-core) and 111.4 (16-core)

IBM System p5 590
(Frame-mount)

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The IBM System p5 590 server uses fifth-generation 64-bit IBM POWER5™ technology in up to 32-core symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) configurations with Advanced POWER™ Virtualization to provide the performance, flexibility, scalability, manageability and security features needed for the consolidation of mission-critical AIX 5L™ and Linux® applications on a single system to save on hardware, software, energy and space costs.

Processor cores		Eight to 32 IBM POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)		2.1 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)		8GB / 1TB
Internal storage (Std/Max)		146.8GB / 18.7TB (using optional I/O drawers)
Performance (rPerf range)*		41.68 to 202.88

IBM System p5 595
(Frame-mount)

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The IBM System p5 595 server uses fifth-generation 64-bit IBM POWER5 technology in up to 64-core symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) configurations with IBM Advanced POWER Virtualization and offers the performance, flexibility, scalability, manageability and security features needed for the consolidation of mission-critical AIX 5L and Linux applications on a single system to save on hardware, software, energy and space costs.

Processor cores		16 to 64 IBM POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)		2.1 / 2.3 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)		8GB / 2TB
Internal storage (Std/Max)		146.8GB / 28.1TB (using optional I/O drawers)
Performance (rPerf range)*		80.96 to 393.55

* The benchmarks and values shown herein were derived using particular, well configured, development-level computer systems. Actual system performance may vary and is dependent upon many factors including system hardware configuration and software design and configuration.

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¹ LINPACK is a collection of Fortran subroutines that analyze and solve linear equations and linear least-squares problems. For details on the latest LINPACK results, visit: http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/performance.ps.