Designed to perform.
The Quad-core 970 PowerStation is a deskside tower Workstation and Server that adheres to the SSI EEB system packaging standards. PowerStation offers a four-way SMP system based on the PowerPC 970MP Processor and the CPC945 North Bridge Chip. PCI I/O is provided by integrated Ethernet, integrated SAS (support for external SAS expansion provided), PCI-E and PCI-X slots.
Designed to perform, the YDL PowerStation is a well-rounded high-performance workhorse. Quiet, fast, and robust, this is a box you'll hang on to for a long, long time.
Specs
Microprocessor Quad-core (2 dual-core CPUs) 2.5GHz IBM 970MP processors with AltiVec SIMD acceleration for native 32- and 64-bit processing; 1MB L2 cache per core
RAM (memory) 8 DIMM slots for DDR2 667MHz for up to 32GB RAM; ECC supported
Internal disk storage Adaptec Obsidian 8 port SAS RAID Controller with support for RAID 0/1/10 base and RAID 5 with optional mirror fast write cach daughter card; single 70GB SAS drive by default, up to 4 drives total
1 enhanced IDE for media devices
Connectivity 2 Broadcom HT2000/BCM5780 Gigabit, full duplex ethernet ports
Media bays DVD/CD-RW drive
I/O 4 USB ports
2 general purpose PCI based RS-232
1 console-only (VTY) SuperIO based serial port via RJ45 connector
Expansion 1 PCIe x16 connector with 75W capacity with ATI X1650 Pro graphics card
2 PCIe x8 connector with 32W capacity
1 PCI-X connector with 25W capacity
System Management Base Management Controller (BMC) function with Renesas BMCS2166 support, functions include: Chip initialization, Thermal monitoring, Voltage monitoring, Fan monitoring / control, Fault/Identify LED control, and Service Processor Interface
Operating systems SLOF firmware
Yellow Dog Linux
Power requirements 220/110V A/C, 815 Watt max power supply
Terra Soft executed ~60 simultaneous kernel builds, spread across the 4 cores, and measured a maximum power draw of 3.1A at 110V. This was with one SAS drive, one video card, and no additional I/O expansion cards.