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On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 07:46 -0700, Grant wrote: |
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> I'm trying to decide between an AMD Barcelona or an Intel Harpertown |
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> quad-core CPU for a web/database server. The Intel would have a 5% |
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> lower clock speed. I've read that Harpertown outperforms Barcelona |
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> (by 20%?), but that the quad-core implementation isn't as good on the |
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> Harpertown. It's surprisingly difficult to get comparative benchmarks |
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> on these at similar clock speeds. Does anyone know which of these |
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> should perform better in a web/database server? I support AMD on my |
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> non-critical systems, but I need performance for this server. |
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> I'm also trying to decide between a 2.5" 10k HD vs. a 3.5" 15k HD. |
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> I've read that the 15k yields about a 20% I/O performance boost so I |
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> think I'll go for it. I won't be using RAID at all. |
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> - Grant |
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> I won't be using RAID at all. |
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If uptime is of no concern to you, then why even bother about speed? |
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