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ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) vs ASUS TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black

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  • 12differ
  • 14identical
  • 12known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) has 2 more DIMM slots than the ASUS TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black (8 vs 6). The ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) has 8 GB more maximum internal memory than the ASUS TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black (32 GB vs 24 GB). The ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) has 2 more Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports than the ASUS TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black (4 vs 2). Supported storage drive interfaces: Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) on the ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U), Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA on the ASUS TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black. RAID levels: 0, 1, 1E on the ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U), 0, 1, 5, 10 on the ASUS TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black.

  • Number of DIMM slots
    • RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):8
    • TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black:6
  • Maximum internal memory
    • RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):32 GB
    • TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black:24 GB
  • RAID levels
    • RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):0, 1, 1E
    • TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black:0, 1, 5, 10
  • LAN controller
    • RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):Intel® 82563EB
    • TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black:Broadcom BCM5721
  • Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
    • RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):4
    • TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black:2
  • Power supply
    • RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):650 W
    • TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black:670 W
  • Depth
    • RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):444 mm
    • TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black:550 mm
  • Height
    • RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):43.4 mm
    • TS500-E5/PA4 server barebone Intel® 5100 LGA 771 (Socket J) Black:450 mm

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Comparison of RS160-S5, TS500-E5/PA4
38 specifications
Processoridentical
Motherboard chipsetKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceIntel® 5100
Processor familyKnown for oneIntelUnknown — not stated by the source
Memory2 differ
Number of DIMM slotsDiffers86
Maximum internal memoryDiffers32 GB24 GB
Storage2 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffersSerial Attached SCSI (SAS)Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA
RAID levelsDiffers0, 1, 1E0, 1, 5, 10
Number of storage drives supportedKnown for one4Unknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
LAN controllerDiffersIntel® 82563EBBroadcom BCM5721
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers42
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x8 slotsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source3
PCI slotsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1
Features1 differ
Compatible operating systemsDiffers- Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise (32/64 bit), - RedHat Enterprise Linux AS3.0 (32/64 bit), - RedHat Enterprise Linux AS4.0 (32/64 bit), - SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 (32/64 bit)Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise (32/64 bit), RedHat Enterprise Linux AS5.0 (32/64 bit), SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32/64 bit)
Designidentical
Product colourKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceBlack
Chassis typeKnown for oneRack (1U)Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Power supplyDiffers650 W670 W
Weight & dimensions4 differ
DepthDiffers444 mm550 mm
HeightDiffers43.4 mm450 mm
WeightDiffers15 kg20 kg
WidthDiffers686 mm212 mm
Other featuresidentical
Diskette driveKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1 x FDD
Drive baysKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2 x 5.25"
Networking speedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source10/100/1000 Mbps
Storage drive controllerKnown for oneLSI 1068 PCI-XUnknown — not stated by the source
Packaging dataidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for oneASWM2.0Unknown — not stated by the source

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