Conference mvblab::alphaserver_4100

495.0. "4000/4100 Feb 97 Announcement" by EPS::SLATER (Marc, DTN 381-2445) Fri Feb 14 1997 21:18

                  I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

                                        Date:     14-Feb-1997 03:55pm EST
                                        From:     SBU Marketing
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TO: See Below
 
Subject: February Announcement for AlphaServer 4000/4100 Systems                

FROM:  Brian Sanborn, DTN: 223-1015, FAX:223-0088, [email protected]

               DIGITAL BOOSTS SPEED, I/O CAPACITY OF
                ALPHASERVER 4000 AND 4100 SYSTEMS



On February 18, 1997, DIGITAL will announce two new capabilities
for the AlphaServer midrange product line.  These new capabilities
add a significant new level of performance and  a new upgrade path
that offers double the I/O bandwidth with 16 64-bit PCI slots

The new 5/466 models of the AlphaServer 4000 and AlphaServer 4100
are the new top-of-the-line models.  They utilize an Alpha 21164
microprocessor clocked at 466 MHz. Like the 400 MHz models,
these new processor boards come with 4 MB of high speed off chip
cache. An upgrade to 5/466 is available for all existing models
of the AlphaServer 4000/4100.

The  AlphaServer 4000 has always been upgradable to the full 4 CPU
processing power and 8 GB of system memory of the AlphaServer 4100.
The I/O Expansion option offers AlphaServer 4000 customers a new
upgrade path.  As an alternative, they can now double the number of
PCI slots to 16 and double the I/O channels to 4.  This will support
sophisticated application configurations and is capable of I/O speeds
of up to 1 GB/sec.

Highlights include:

          *  Price/performance leader for 2 processor UNIX systems
             with TPC-C results of 6,767 tpm-C at $119 per tpm-C
             for the AlphaServer 4000 5/466.

          *  DIGITAL will again shatter all Windows NT and UNIX
             Performance for Lotus Notes 4.5 out-classing all other
             alternatives... any vendor... any platform. These
             leadership results of 3350 mail users were obtained
             on the AlphaServer 4100 5/466 with 2 processors

          *  The best SPECweb96 scores on AlphaServer 4000 and DIGITAL 
             UNIX. DIGITAL now has the highest performance of any 1 or 2
             processor system.  With scores of 1157 operations/sec
             with a AlphaServer 4000 5/400 single processor system
             and 1544 ops/sec with a 5/466 two processor system the
             AlphaServer 4000 is THE Inter/Intranet solution of choice

          *  New I/O Expansion - I/O Powerhouse Upgrade. The AlphaServer
             4000 now offers double the flexibility for complex
             applications with 16 PCI slots and 4 independent I/O
             channels. These slots are needed for high-end clusters
             and other complex configurations.  In addition, I/O
             bandwidth is doubled to 1 GB/sec to support for new emerging
             applications such as media and publishing, NFS file server
             and Networked multimedia



    For a scripted announcement presentation and supporting material see:

            http://frodo.eng.pko.dec.com/alphaserver


    The announcement information will also be available on the SBU home 
    page:

            http://sbu.mro.dec.com/datelinedigital


    And for partners, on Digital Business Link:

            http://www.partner.digital.com

    You can also download the February AlphaServer Announcement Overview
    presentation from the Integrated Repository (IR).

Additionally, the following customer collateral will be available soon 
through the Digital Literature Order System (LOS):

AlphaServer 4000 and 4100 systems product brief           EC-F7442-10
AlphahaServer Systems Summary product brief               EC-F7487-10	   
AlphaServer Home Page business card                       EC-N7488-10	   
AlphaServer Poster Calendar                               EC-N7274-10	   



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    So, unless I am missing something, you can only get 16 PCI slots on a
    4000 and that one upgrade path will be to convert a 4100 to a 4000 in
    order to add the I/O Expansion option.
    
    In other words, we will not be able to get 16 PCI slots on a 4100

    Correct, as the old saying goes you can't get a quart into a pint pot.
    
    
    Les

Hi 

Any comments on what is the contribution of the expanded 
I/O capabilities in the 4000 5/466 performance ?

Basically, can one expect (a close to) double the tpc no for 
4 CPU 4100 5/466 (which will not have the increased I/O capability
without compromising on the no of CPUs, but I think can still
    use larger memory ). 

Ajit