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AlphaServer 2100A
4 /275, 5/250, and 5/300
Departmental Servers 		AlphaServer 8200
5/300 and 5/350
High End Departmental Servers 		AlphaServer 8400 5/300 and 5/350
Enterprise Servers
CPU 4/275 5/250 5/300 5/300 5/350 5/300 5/350
Processors Up to 4 Up to 4 Up to 4 Up to 6 Up to 6 Up to 12 Up to 12
CPU/ Clock Speed 21064/275 MHz 21164/250 MHz 21164/291 MHz 21164/ 300 MHz 21164/ 350 MHz 21164/ 300 MHz 21164/ 350 MHz
Cache Size
(on chip/on board)/
per processor 		16 KB I-cache,
16 KB D-cache/ 4 MB 		8 KB I-cache,
8 KB D-cache,
96 KB combined/4 MB

8 KB I-cache,
8 KB D-cache,
96 KB combined/4 MB

Performance 4/275 5/250 5/300 5/300 5/350 5/300 5/350
tpmC @ $/tpmC - - - - - 11,014 @ $222 13,646 @ $2774
SPECint92/SPECint95 200.1 277.1/5.96 319.3/ 7.03 341.4/7.43 432.8/10.1 341.4/7.43 432.8/10.1
SPECfp92/SPECfp95 292.6 410.4/8.39 477.3/ 9.64 512.9/12.4 602.2/14.2 512.9/12.4 602.2/14.2
SPECrate_int92 Up to
18,036 		Up to 24,996 Up to 26,510 Up to 50,788 Up to
65,842 		Up to 91,580 Up to 115,878
SPECrate_fp92 Up to
25,997 		Up to 37,926 Up to 44,405 Up to 71,286 Up to
84,561 		Up to 140,571 Up to 168,159
LINPACK Up to
642.72 		Up to 1,022.02 Up to 1,0902 Up to 2,4453 Up to
2,8173 		Up to 4,9963 Up to
5,9043
I/O Features
Maximum Memory
2 GB (1 GB for 4-CPU model)
6 GB
14 GB
Maximum Disk (in cabinet/total)
Pedestal: 69 GB/ over 4 TB

Cabinet: 172 GB / 650 GB
160 GB/ over 39 TB
192 GB/ over 39 TB
Maximum I/O Bandwidth
132 MB/s.
1,200 MB/s
1,200 MB/s
I/O Support 2100A: 8 PCI slots, 3 EISA slots, (2100: 3 PCI slots, 8 EISA slots,) Fast SCSI-2, FW SCSI-2, FWD SCSI-2, RAID, Ethernet, DSSI, CI, FDDI, Token Ring, Prestoserve, Synchronous Comm., ATM2 132 PCI slots, 8 EISA slots, Ethernet, CI, FDDI, Token Ring, IPI, Synchronous Comm., Fast SCSI-2, FWD SCSI-2, RAID, DSSI, Prestoserve, HiPPI, Fiberchannel 144 PCI slots, EISA, XMI, Futurebus+®, CI, Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring, IPI, Synchronous Comm., Fast SCSI-2, FWD SCSI-2, RAID, DSSI, Prestoserve, HiPPI, Fiberchannel
High Availability Features
OpenVMS Clusters
Ethernet, DSSI, FDDI, SCSI, CI
Ethernet, DSSI, FDDI, CI Ethernet, DSSI, FDDI, CI
UNIX Clusters TruCluster, DECsafe ASE, Parallel Software Environment with PCI Memory Channel TruCluster, DECsafe ASE, Parallel Software Environment with PCI Memory Channel TruCluster, DECsafe ASE, Parallel Software Environment with PCI Memory Channel
High Availability
Features Supported 		Auto reboot, thermal management, redundant power system, remote system management, RAID, disk hot swap, dual SCSI backplane, memory failover, ECC memory, ECC cache, SMP CPU failover, error logging, optional UPS. Also with CAB: multiple systems, multiple power sources, dual-ported storage, optional integrated UPS Auto reboot, thermal management, optional redundant power system, remote system management, RAID, disk hot swap, memory failover, ECC memory, ECC cache, SMP CPU failover, error logging, optional UPS Auto reboot, thermal management, optional redundant power system, remote system management, RAID, disk hot swap, memory failover, ECC memory, ECC cache, SMP CPU failover, error logging, optional UPS
Software Features
Operating Systems
Tru64 UNIX
OpenVMS
Windows NT
Tru64 UNIX
OpenVMS 		Tru64 UNIX
OpenVMS
Packaging
Enclosure
Pedestal, Cabinet, Rackmount
Cabinet
Cabinet
Height, Width,
Depth, Weight 		Pedestal:
H: 66 cm (26 in)
W: 43.2 cm (17 in)
D: 81.3 cm (32 in)
W: 69 kg (150 lbs) 		H: 170 cm (67 in)
W: 60 cm (23.6 in)
D: 92.5 cm (36.4 in)

H: 170 cm (67 in)
W: 80 cm (31.5 in)
D: 87.5 cm (34.4 in)
W: 408 kg (900 lbs)

1 Also available in Internet configurations. 2Linpack 1000x1000. 3Linpack NxN.. 4 30,390 @ $305 in a TruCluster.

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


 
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