PA RISC or Itanium

[f. halili]

Our vendor is recommending a rp3440 to replace our older Data Protector server. Should we go with the pa-risc rp3440 or move to Itanium rx2620-2?

Where can i find the EOL table for PA-RISC.

Thanks,
f. halili

[DCE · Accepted solution]

Here is the EOL data. If you intend to keep the servers a long time, the rx would be a better choice, at least with regards to support.

http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/operating/public_hp-ux_systems_support.pdf

[Moderator edit: Removed the broken link. Please refer to https://support.hpe.com/ ]

[Jaime Bolanos Rojas.]

F. Halili, if you are running a Pa-risc architecture on all your server I would go with the rp3440, since it's just going to be as good as the rx2620.
That way it's easier to support your hardware.

If what you are planning is to upgrade in the near future to itanium machines then go with the other.

Links about both servers:
for pa-risc servers:
http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/HP9000_family_overview.html

for itanium servers:
http://h20223.www2.hp.com/nonstopcomputing/cache/76385-0-0-0-121.aspx?jumpid=go/integritynonstop

regards,

Jaime

[spex]

f. halili,

rp3440
======
# 1 to 4 PA-8900 800 MHz or 1.0 GHz CPUs, 6.4GB/sec system bandwidth
# Up to 32 GB DDR memory, 8.5GB/sec bandwidth
# Up to 3 hot-plug SCSI disks
# Supports HP-UX 11i v1 and HP-UX 11i v2
# 4 full-length, 64bit/133MHz PCI-X slots


rx2620
======
# Processors: 1â 2
# Chipset: HP zx1
# System bus bandwidth: 6.4 GB/s
# Type: Intel® Itanium® 2 processor
# Speeds: 1.6 GHz and 1.3 GHz
# Level 1 cache: 32 KB
# Level 2 cache: 256 KB
# Level 3 cache: 6 MB or 3 MB at 1.6 GHz, 3 MB at 1.3 GHz

With whatever configuration you decide upon, the rx2620 will have a faster clockspeed. If you're not tied to the PA-RISC architecture, this fact alone gives the rx2620 the edge.

PCS

[Geoff Wild]

That is completely up to you.

HP sets Minimum Support Dates (MSD) early in the products life cycle.
These dates could be extended or could become the End Of Support dates (EOS) for this product.
The MSD is reviewed about 18 months ahead of this date and then becomes the EOS or is extended based on several criteria, one being expected parts availability. The dates listed below that are more than 18 months away are tentative EOS, but they should provide you with some form of target to work with.

L1000, A5576B: Jan 31, 2008
L2000, A5191A: Nov 30, 2006 extended to Dec 31, 2012
L3000, A6144B: currently set to May 31, 2011
L3000, A7117A: Oct 31, 2010
N4000, A3639A: Mar 31, 2006 - extended to Dec 31, 2009
N4000, A3639B: July 31, 2007 - extended to Dec 31, 2009

Note: Account Rep from HP confirmed updated these dates in Oct 11, 2005.

The following is a link to the public version of the HP server support matrix:
http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/operating/public_hp-ux_systems_support.pdf
[Moderator note: Removed the broken link. Please refer to https://support.hpe.com/ ]
Rgds...Geoff

[f. halili]

thanks!

[rick jones]

Unless the apps you plan on running haven't been ported to Itanium, I'd go with Itanium. Even then, your old PA-RISC binaries may run "fast enough" under Aries (The PA-RISC emulator that runs on the Integrity systems)