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Archived AlphaServer information is for your reference only. Product information, even for current products, may have changed since publication.

DEC 2000 Model 300 AXP and
Model 500 AXP
Deskside Servers
DEC 3000 Model 600S AXP
Workgroup Server
Digital 2100
Model A500MP and
Model A600MP
Department Servers
DEC 7000
Model 600 AXP
Enterprise Servers
CPU
Processors 1 1 Up to 4 Up to 6
CPU Clock Speed 150 MHz 175 MHz 190 MHz 200 MHz
Cache Size (on chip/on board) 8 KB I-cache,
8 KB D-cache/ 512 KB
8 KB I-cache,
8 KB D-cache/ 2MB
8 KB I-cache,
8 KB D-cache/1 MB per processor
8 KB I-cache,
8 KB D-cache/4 MB per processor
Performance CPUs
1 2 3 4 1 2 4 6
TPS 110 172 265 - - 662 325 530 - 1,079
SPECint92 80.9 114.1 126.7 - - - 132.6 - - -
SPECfp92 112.7 165.2 161.0 - - - 200.1 - - -
SPECrate_int92 1,930 2,722 2,994 5,778 - 11,113 3,251 6,436 12,709 19,180
SPECrate_fp92 2,655 3,905 3,841 7,279 - 13,025 4,701 9,367 18,787 28,233
LINPACK 1000x1000 90.3 130.1 128.5 208.6 293.1 358.1 155.6 279.2 538.3 754.8
I/O Features
Max. Memory (16-Mbit chip) 256 MB 512 MB 2 GB 14 GB
Max. Disk (in cabinet/total) 300: 8.4 GB/58.8 GB

500: 24 GB/54.6 GB

4.2 GB/107.0 GB A500MP: 32 GB/200 GB

A600MP: 170 GB/200 GB

210 GB/over 10 TB
Maximum I/O Bandwidth 33 MB/s 100 MB/s 132 MB/s 400 MB/s
I/O Support

(Maximum Configuration)

6-slot EISA, 4 SCSI-2, Ethernet, FDDI, Synchronous Comm., 2 Asynchronous Serial Ports w/Full Modem Control, 1 Parallel Port, Prestoserve1 3-slot TURBOchannel, 8 Fast SCSI-2, Ethernet, FDDI, Synchronous Comm., ISDN1, Prestoserve, VME 3 PCI slots, 8 EISA slots, 10 Fast SCSI-2, RAID, Ethernet, FDDI, Synchronous Comm., DSSI, Prestoserve 4 12-slot XMI, 1 9-slot Futurebus+, 10 CI, 24 DSSI, 32 Fast SCSI-22, FWD SCSI1, 16 Ethernet2, 8 FDDI, 12 SDI, Prestoserve, IPI1
High Availability Features
VMScluster Support Ethernet Ethernet, FDDI Ethernet, DSSI, FDDI Ethernet, DSSI, CI, FDDI
High Availability Features Supported Disk Shadowing, POLYCENTER Advanced File System, Dual Power Supply (500) Disk Shadowing, DECsafe ASE1, POLYCENTER Advanced File System Disk Shadowing, POLYCENTER Advanced File System, Redundant Power System, Controller-based RAID, Disk Hot Swap Disk Shadowing, POLYCENTER Adv. File Sys., DECsafe ASE, N+1 Redundant Power System, Integrated Uninterruptible Power System, Integrated Power Conditioning
Software Features
Operating Systems DEC OSF/1, OpenVMS AXP,
Windows NT Advanced Server
DEC OSF/1, OpenVMS AXP DEC OSF/1,
OpenVMS AXP,
Windows NT Advanced Server
DEC OSF/1,
OpenVMS AXP

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

 

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