Express Advantage Offerings

TAs a member of the IBM System p5 Express family of servers with proven IBM POWER5™ technology, the p5-505 Express system sets a new standard for value in a high-density 1U entry UNIX® or Linux® system. It offers exceptional performance for infrastructure and HPC applications without compromising availability, flexibility or security–at the value price of an entry-level system. Its technological and operational features, and extremely affordable price, make the p5-505 Express server an exceptional choice for smaller and mid-size companies.

Processor cores	One or two IBM POWER5+™
Clock rates (Min/Max)	1.9 / 2.1 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)	1GB / 32GB
Internal storage (Std/Max)	73.4GB / 600GB

Get exceptional value from a compact server when you choose the IBM System p5 505Q Express server for database and application serving and infrastructure applications. As a member of the IBM System p5 Express family of servers with proven IBM POWER5 and Quad-Core Module (QCM) technology, the p5-505Q Express system sets a new standard for value in a high-density 1U entry UNIX or Linux system.

Processor cores	Four IBM POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)	1.65 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)	1GB / 32GB
Internal storage (Std/Max)	73.4GB / 600GB

The System p5 510 Express platform is a 1- or 2-core database server with a 2.1 GHz IBM POWER5+™ dual-core processor module. It can function as an entry-level application server for businesses of all sizes. The performance, reliability and affordability features of the p5-510 Express can make it a strategic platform for e-commerce application serving and compute-intensive business applications.

Processor cores	One or two POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)	2.1 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)	1GB / 32GB
Internal storage (Std/Max)	73.4GB / 1.2TB

The System p5 510Q Express platform is designed to meet the rigors of transaction-intensive and analytical applications. Using IBM's latest Quad-Core Module (QCM) technology with four 1.65 GHz POWER5+™ processor cores, the p5-510Q Express delivers outstanding price/performance and high system throughput and is ideally suited for infrastructure application consolidation, compute-intensive business intelligence (BI) as well as scientific and engineering analytical applications.

Processor cores	Four POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)	1.65 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)	1GB / 32GB
Internal storage (Std/Max)	73.4GB / 1.2TB

The leadership performance and manageability position the System p5 520 Express platform with its 2.1 GHz IBM POWER5+ processor cores for use as a small database server, a branch application server, and for highly secure e-business and business intelligence (BI) / high performance computing (HPC) applications for enterprises of all sizes.

Starting at $5,427 (IBM US list price)*
Lease for as low as $170.41/mo. for 36 months**

Processor cores	One or two POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)	2.1 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)	1GB / 32GB
Internal storage (Std/Max)	73.4GB / 16.8TB (with optional I/O drawers)

The System p5 520Q Express platform is a new breed of 4-core Java™ and Web application server designed to deliver superior system throughput and configurability for demanding e-commerce and Web infrastructure applications. Powered by IBM's latest Quad-Core Module (QCM) 1.65 GHz POWER5+ processor cores, the p5-520Q Express delivers outstanding performance at compelling low prices for high transaction environment based on the Java platform or for compute-intensive database applications.

Processor cores	Four POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)	1.65 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)	1GB / 32GB
Internal storage (Std/Max)	73.4GB / 16.8TB (with optional I/O drawers)

The System p5 550 Express platform is a 2- or 4-core database server with 2.1 GHz IBM POWER5+ dual-core processor modules. It can function as a scalable database or versatile departmental or regional server for businesses of all sizes. The performance, reliability and affordability features of the p5-550 Express can make it a strategic platform for scalable database servers, e-commerce application servers, Web servers, operations systems, and for BI and high performance computing (HPC) workloads.

Processor cores	Two or four POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)	1.65 / 2.1 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)	1GB / 64GB
Internal storage (Std/Max)	73.4GB / 31.2TB (with optional I/O drawers)

The System p5 550Q Express platform is a new breed of 8-core scalable database and application server designed to meet the rigors of transaction-intensive and analytical applications. Powered by IBM's latest Quad-Core Module (QCM) 1.65 GHz POWER5+ processor cores, the p5-550Q Express delivers outstanding price/performance and high system throughput and is ideally suited for compute-intensive business intelligence (BI), scientific and engineering analytical applications, database applications or server consolidation.

Processor cores	Four or eight POWER5+
Clock rates (Min/Max)	1.65 GHz
System memory (Std/Max)	1GB / 64GB
Internal storage (Std/Max)	73.4GB / 31.2TB (with optional I/O drawers)

The System i 515 Express, an easy-to-install-and-manage system, catering to businesses with 5 to 40 users, offers i5/OS® pricing by user, which delivers more flexibility so you can pay according to the number of users you support.

Processor cores	POWER5+
System memory (Std/Max)	1GB/16GB
Internal storage (Max)	560 GB

The System i 525 Express, an easy-to-install and manage system, for businesses with 30 to unlimited users, offers the reliability you expect from IBM with the performance and scalability required to deploy even the most demanding applications. The 525 Express also offers i5/OS pricing by user, making it a good alternative to deploying Windows-based servers.

Processor cores	POWER5+
System memory (Std/Max)	1GB / 32GB
Internal storage (Max)	39 TB

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