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ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) vs MSI X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U)

18specifications compared
10differ
8identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

The MSI X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U) has 4 more DIMM slots than the ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) (12 vs 8). The MSI X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U) has 16 GB more maximum internal memory than the ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) (48 GB vs 32 GB). The MSI X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U) has 4 more storage drives supported than the ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) (8 vs 4). Chassis type: Rack (1U) on the ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U), Rack (2U) on the MSI X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U).

Number of DIMM slots
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):8
- X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U):12
Maximum internal memory
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):32 GB
- X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U):48 GB
Number of storage drives supported
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):4
- X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U):8
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):4
- X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U):2
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):4
- X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U):3
Chassis type
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):Rack (1U)
- X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U):Rack (2U)
Power supply
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):650 W
- X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U):750 W
Depth
- RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U):444 mm
- X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U):734.1 mm

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Comparison of RS160-S5, X2-203S6R
33 specifications	A ASUS RS160-S5 LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (1U) Model RS160-S5 View product	B MSI X2-203S6R Intel® 5000P LGA 771 (Socket J) Rack (2U) Model X2-203S6R View product
Processoridentical
Processor socket	LGA 771 (Socket J)	LGA 771 (Socket J)
Processor familyKnown for one	Intel	Unknown — not stated by the source
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® 5000P
Memory2 differ
Number of DIMM slotsDiffers	8	12
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	32 GB	48 GB
ECC	Yes	Yes
Storage1 differ
Number of storage drives supportedDiffers	4	8
Supported storage drive interfaces	Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)	Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 1E	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	LSI SAS1068
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	32 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Networkidentical
Ethernet LAN	Yes	Yes
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet
LAN controller	Intel® 82563EB	Intel® 82563EB
Ports & interfaces2 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	2
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	4	3
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity	1	1
Serial ports quantity	1	1
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	- 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)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Design1 differ
Chassis typeDiffers	Rack (1U)	Rack (2U)
Power1 differ
Power supplyDiffers	650 W	750 W
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	20 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	10 - 35 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions3 differ
DepthDiffers	444 mm	734.1 mm
HeightDiffers	43.4 mm	87 mm
WeightKnown for one	15 kg	Unknown — not stated by the source
WidthDiffers	686 mm	468 mm
Packaging dataidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	ASWM2.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Expansion slotsKnown for one	1 x SO-DIMM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive controllerKnown for one	LSI 1068 PCI-X	Unknown — not stated by the source

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