Used and Refurbished IBM pSeries 520Q Servers
Each refurbished p520Q server goes through World Data Products' rigorous Total Quality Process, comes with a 30-day warranty and qualifies for manufacturer's maintenance. World Data Products also has IBM pSeries repair on-site, so you can extend the lifecycle of your existing p520Q servers. Get the best value for your money at World Data Products when purchasing used IBM pSeries 520Q servers and upgrades.
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Standard configurations |
Microprocessors: | p5-520 Express: one or two 64-bit 1.65 GHz or two 1.9 GHz POWER5+ processors p5-520Q Express: Four 64-bit 1.5 GHz POWER5+ processors |
| Level 2 (L2) cache: | 1.9MB per processor pair | |
| Level 3 (L3) cache: | 36MB per processor pair (no L3 cache on 1-core system) | |
| RAM (memory): | 1GB to 32GB of 528 MHz DDR2 SDRAM | |
| Internal disk storage: | Up to 2.4TB (16.8TB with optional disk drawers) | |
| Processor-to-memory bandwidth (peak): | 21.1 GBps | |
| L2 to L3 cache bandwidth (peak): | p5-520 Express: 30.4 GBps; p5-520Q Express: 48.0 GBps | |
| RIO-2 I/O subsystem bandwidth (peak): | p5-520 Express: 5.1 GBps; p5-520Q Express: 4.0 GBps | |
| Internal SCSI disk bays: | Four standard plus four optional (10K or 15K rpm disks) | |
| Media bays: | Two slimline and one half-high | |
| Adapter slots: | Six PCI-X (2 â 66 MHZ; 3 â 133 MHz; 1 â 266 MHz (DDR)) | |
Standard features |
I/O ports: | Dual channel Ultra320 SCSI controller (internal; RAID optional) |
| Dual ported Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps controller | ||
| Two USB, two HMC, two system ports | ||
Expansion features |
I/O expansion: | Up to four 7311-D20 I/O drawers, each providing seven 64-bit PCI-X slots and up to 12 disk bays (10K or 15K rpm disks) |
| Connectivity support: | 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel; 10 Gigabit Ethernet; 4x InfiniBand | |
Advanced POWER Virtualization (option) |
Micro-Partitioning | |
| Shared processor pool | ||
| VIOS with IVM; Partition Load Manager (AIX 5L only) | ||
Operating systems |
AIX 5L Edition: AIX 5L V5.2 or later OpenPower Edition: SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for POWER (SLES 9) or later; Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 for POWER (RHEL AS 4) or later | |
Power requirements |
100v to 127v or 200v to 240v AC | |
System dimensions |
Deskside: 21.1"H x 7.5"W x 23.2"D (535mm x 190mm x 590mm); weight: 78.1 lb (35.5 kg) Rack drawer: 6.8"H (4U) x 17.4"W x 22.6"D (172mm x 442mm x 573mm); weight: 78.1 lb (35.5 kg) 7311-D20 I/O drawer: 7.0"H (4U) x 19.0"W x 24.0"D (178mm x 482mm x 610mm); weight: 101.0 lb (45.9 kg) | |
Buy, sell and upgrade used and refurbished IBM pSeries 520Q Servers, along with the rest of the IBM pSeries family, at World Data Products.



























