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Archived AlphaServer information is for your reference only. Product information, even for current products, may have changed since publication. The pdf (38 KB) file is formatted to print on two pages.

  AlphaServer300 4/266 AlphaServer 400 4/233 AlphaServer 1000A 5/333 & 5/400 AlphaServer 2000 5/300 & 5/375
CPU 4/266 4/233 5/333 5/400 5/300 5/375
Number of Processors 1 1 1 1 up to 2 Up to 2
CPU/ Clock Speed 21064A/
266 MHz
21064A/
233 MHz
21164/ 333 MHz 21164A/ 400 MHz 21164/ 291MHz 21164/ 375 MHz
Cache Size (on chip/on board)/ per processor 16 KB I, 16 KB D/ 2 MB 8 KB I, 8 KB D/ 512 KB 8 KB I, 8 KB D, 96 KB comb./ 2 MB 8 KB I, 8 KB D, 96 KB comb./ 2 MB 8 KB I, 8 KB D, 96 KB comb./ 4 MB 8 KB I, 8 KB D, 96 KB comb./ 8 MB
Performance 4/266 4/233 5/333 5/400 5/300 5/375
tpmC @ $/tpmC - - - - - -
SPECint95 5.18 4.28 est. 10.1 11.5 8.02 11.5
SPECfp95 1 CPU 6.27 4.32 est. 10.6 11.1 9.64 15.1
SPECfp95 SMP - - - - 13.9 (2 CPU) -
SPECint_rate95 46.6 38.5 est. 90.7 104 125 (2 CPU) 204 (2 CPU)
SPECfp_rate95 56.4 38.8 est. 95.7 99.6 161 (2 CPU) 258 (2 CPU)
SPECweb96 421 - - 790 - -
LINPACK 1000x1000 193.2 138.4 345.8 380.8 up to 663.5 -
I/O Features
Max Memory 512 MB 384 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Max Disk (in cabinet/total) 6.6 GB/ 66.6 GB 17.2 GB / 90 GB 30 GB / 440 GB 34.4 GB / over 4 TB
Peak System Bus Bandwidth 533 MB/s 267 MB/s 533 MB/s 667 MB/s
Max I/O Bandwidth 132 MB/s 132 MB/s 132 MB/s 132 MB/s PCI;
33 MB/s EISA
I/O Support 1 PCI slot
1 ISA slot
1 PCI/ISA slot
2 serial ports
1 parallel port Ethernet
FDDI
Token Ring Prestoserve FWD SCSI-2 RAID
synch & asynch comm
2 PCI slots
3 ISA slots
1 PCI/ISA slot FWD SCSI-2 Ethernet
FDDI
synch & asynch comm
Token Ring
7 PCI
2 EISA slots
FWD SCSI-2
RAID
Ethernet
DSSI
FDDI
Token Ring Prestoserve
synch & asynch comm.
3 PCI slots
7 EISA slots
Fast SCSI-2
FW SCSI-2
FWD SCSI-2
RAID
Ethernet
DSSI
CI
FDDI
Token Ring Prestoserve
synch & asynch comm
High Availability Features
OpenVMS Clusters Ethernet, FDDI, SCSI Ethernet, FDDI, SCSI Ethernet, DSSI, FDDI, SCSI Ethernet, DSSI, FDDI, SCSI, CI
UNIX Clusters TruCluster Available Server TruCluster Available Server TruCluster Available Server TruCluster Available Server and Production Server, Parallel Software Environment with PCI Memory Channel
Windows NT Clusters n/a Ethernet, FDDI, SCSI Ethernet, FDDI, SCSI Ethernet, FDDI, SCSI
High Availability Features Supported Auto reboot, system management, optional external disk hot swap, error logging, optional UPS Auto reboot, system management, optional external disk hot swap, memory 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, 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, ECC system bus, SMP CPU failover, error logging, optional UPS.
Software Features
Operating Systems Digital UNIX, OpenVMS, Windows NT
Packaging
Enclosures Desktop Mini-Tower Pedestal, Rackmount, Cabinet Pedestal
Height, width, depth, weight H: 10 cm (4 in) W: 43 cm (17 in) D: 41 cm (16 in) W: 11 kg (25 lbs) H: 43 cm (17 in) W: 18 cm (7 in) D: 43 cm (17 in) W: 12 kg (28 lbs) Pedestal:
H: 46 cm (18.1 in)
W: 35.8 cm (14.1 in)
D: 58.6 cm (23.1 in)
W: 39 kg (86 lbs)
H: 60.5 cm (23.8 in)
W: 43 cm (16.9 in)
D: 65 cm (25.6 in)
W: 54 kg (109 lbs)

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

1 Linpack 1000x1000.
2 Linpack NxN.
3 Measured on a 350 MHz system.
4 7,598 using four 5/400 MHz CPUs, 3 GB, SYBASE v11, and Digital UNIX v3.2F . 12/05/96
57,985 using four 5/400 MHz CPUs, 4 GB, Oracle Rdb v7.0, and OpenVMS v7.1

 

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