-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/14/06 22:25, michael wrote: > On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:55:47 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >>> For a multiuser system, *I* would go for more, slower CPUs. Each >> process gets more of a CPU that way. >> >> Why not an Athlon 64X2 single-socket board, or an Opteron 2xx dual- >> socket board? They have great memory bandwidth and an excellent SMP >> design. >> > > Thanks for the feedback. > Probably could go for the AMD solution. > But our company as a standard has picked intel CPU's > for all servers. > Not set in stone. > Most of our other 40 networks/buildings have Intel stuff already anyway.
I can understand and agree with standardizing on a certain vendor and CPU family, but what's the benefit of standardizing on one CPU *manufacturer* out of many, when Intel, AMD & Via CPUs all run the same Windows and Linux binaries? Other than because Intel has effective salespeople that know how to delude management? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFMbvdS9HxQb37XmcRAvpPAKCxiSHwzXTq4bREbVLtxQyIh3MNhQCgxRiZ 8q+wQhzaq2dXS+L1huSiSMI= =hRmX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
