IBM p690

Hardware

• IBM p690 (RS/6000)
• 32 Power4+ 1.9 GHz processors
• 32 GB memory (shared)
• 4 35.5 GB Hard discs

The CPU configuration is the top of the line for the p690 series which was discontinued at the end of 2005. At only 1GB/CPU, the memory is not appreciable.

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