Xeon is believing: 4 servers tested

By Matt Tett, Technology & Business magazine
13 February 2004 02:50 PM
Tags: proliant, br, servers, xeon, 6600, t&b, hp, dell
Specifications
Model Tested Dell PowerEdge 6650 Hallmark Duad BR
Vendor Dell Hallmark
Web www.dell.com.au www.hallmark.com.au
Phone 1300 303 263 03 9540 8555
Price range (min. config to max. config) $9900-$54,900 $3239.50-$15,000+
Price as tested $24,900 (tested with 1.6Ghz CPUs; now available with 2.0Ghz CPU's at same price) $7698.90
Standard warranty 3 years 3 years
Extended warranty availability Up to 5 years, 24 x 7 with 2 hour response 3 years with 4 hour response
Chassis height (xRUs) 7U 5U
CPU (min/max speed) Intel Xeon MP 2.0/2.8GHz Intel Xeon 2.4/3.06GHz
CPU internal cache (min/max) 1MB/2MB 512KB/1MB
CPUs supported (min/max) 1/4 1/2
Memory (min/max) 1GB/32GB 512MB/8GB
Memory type ECC SDRAM Registered ECC DDR
HDD capacity (min/max) 18GB-1.7TB 36GB-1.4TB
HDD interface SCSI SCSI U320
HDD controller RAID capable Yes Yes
Hot Swap HDD bays Yes Yes
Network ports 2x 10/100/1000 1 x 10/100/1000, 1 x 10/100
USB, Serial, Parallel, Firewire, PS/2 2, 1, 0, 0, 2 5, 2, 1, 0, 2
Mainboard Chipset ServerWorks GC-HE Intel E7501
Mainboard expansion slots 10x hot-plug PCI-X (64-bit, 100MHz), 1x hot-plug PCI (32-bit, 33MHz) 4 x PCI-X, 2 x PCI
Power Supply (watts) 3x 600W hot-plug power supplies 450W



Specifications
HP Proliant DL560 XENON in_FOURCE SHR
HP XENON
www.hp.com.au www.xenon.com.au
13 13 47 03 9549 1111
$11,695-$53,995 $12,950-$47,950
$17,795 (tested with superseeded 1.5Ghz CPU's) $47,950
3 years 2 year (4-hour response during business hours)
24 x 7 with 4 hour response 3 years, 24 x 7
2U 4U
Intel Xeon MP 2.0/2.8GHz Intel Xeon MP 2.0/2.8 Ghz
1MB/2MB 1MB/2MB
1/4 1/4
1GB/12GB 1GB/24GB
Registered ECC DDR ECC DDR
0-292GB 36GB-1.4TB
SCSI U320 SCSI U320
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
2 x 10/100/1000 2x 10/100/1000, 1x 10/100
2, 1, 1, 0, 2 3, 2, 1, 0, 2
Serverworks GC-LE ServerWorks GC-HE
3 x PCI-X (64-bit; 2x 100Mhz, 1x 133Mhz) 6x PCI-X (64-bit, 100MHz), 2x PCI (32-bit, 33MHz)
550W hot plug power supply 3 x 430W PFC power supplies
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    Hallmark, Xenon? Why include t ...Anonymous -- 16/02/04

    Hallmark, Xenon? Why include these two almost unknown brands, yet exclude IBM who is one of the largest x86 server manufacturers?

    I found the reviews interestin ...Anonymous -- 01/03/04

    I found the reviews interesting. I was pleased to see the Hallmark tested because our situation calls for a server built to a budget. My committee associates will die with their legs in the air when they see some of the costs for a server. We'll probably choose a Hallmark (Viewmaster stable)Harlingen over the Bryson but it seems robust for our needs. Perhaps Hallmark is not well known in some parts (just as I had not heard of Xenon) but I've had dealing with Hallmark for some 10 years and have been very satisfied with the products and support.

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