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  Digital 2100 Model A500MP
Department Servers
DEC 4000 Model 700 AXP
Department Server
DEC 7000 Model 600 AXP and
DEC 10000 Model 600 AXP
Enterprise Servers
CPU
Processors Up to 4 Up to 2 Up to 6
CPU Clock Speed 190 MHz 190 MHz 200 MHz
Cache Size (on chip/on board) 8 KB I-cache, 8 KB D-cache/1 MB per processor 8 KB I-cache, 8 KB D-cache/4 MB per processor 8 KB I-cache, 8 KB D-cache/4 MB per processor
Performance
  CPUs 710 720 610 620 630 640 650 660
1 2 3 4
TPS 265 -- -- 662 272 403 325 530 -- -- -- 1,079
SPECint92 124.0 -- -- -- 122.4 -- 132.7 -- -- -- -- --
SPECfp92 160.4 -- -- -- 188.4 -- 200.5 -- -- -- -- --
SPECrate_int92 2,978 5,692 -- 11,071 2,900 4,343 3,250 6,347 -- 12,463 -- 18,956
SPECrate_fp92 3,822 7,175 -- 12,874 4,414 8,436 4,701 9,329 -- 18,719 -- 28,157
LINPACK 1000x1000 128.5 208.6 293.1 358.1 145.6 -- 155.6 279.2 412.5 538.3 641.1 754.8
I/O Features
Max. Memory (16-Mbit chip) 2 GB 2 GB 14 GB1
Max. Disk (in cabinet/total) 32 GB/200 GB 32 GB/100 GB (over 1 TB)1 210 GB/over 10 TB
Maximum I/O Bandwidth 132 MB/s 210 MB/s 400 MB/s
I/O Support
(Maximum Configuration)
3 PCI slots
8 EISA slots
SCSI-2
RAID
DSSI
Prestoserve
6-slot Futurebus+
4 SCSI-2
4 Fast SCSI-2 FWD SCSI1
4 DSSI Ethernet
FDDI Prestoserve
IPI
4 12-slot XMI
1 9-slot Futurebus+
10 CI2 24 DSSI
16 Fast SCSI-22
FWD SCSI1
16 Ethernet2
8 FDDI
12 SDI
Prestoserve
IPI1
High Availability Features
Cluster Support (OpenVMS) Ethernet, DSSI, FDDI Ethernet, DSSI, FDDI Ethernet, DSSI, CI, FDDI
High Availability Features Supported Redundant Power System, RAID, Disk Hot Swap Disk Shadowing, POLYCENTER Advanced File System, Uninterruptible Power System Disk Shadowing, POLYCENTER Advanced File System, DECsafe ASE, N+1 Redundant Power System3, Integrated Uninterruptible Power System3, Integrated Power Conditioning
Software Features
Operating Systems DEC OSF/1 AXP,
OpenVMS AXP,
Windows NT Advanced Server
DEC OSF/1 AXP, OpenVMS AXP DEC OSF/1 AXP,
OpenVMS AXP

Features may differ among operating environments.
Performance may vary depending on configuration, application, and operating environment.

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