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Re: 1 CPU or 2 ?



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On 10/14/06 19:53, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 05:33:29PM -0700, michael wrote:
>> Hello,
>> Looking for suggestions on going with 1 dual core CPU
>> or 2 dual core CPU. Main server would be an NFS file server.
>> Probably using SW raid as well.
>> Money is a conern.
>> Is it better to go with a single, yet faster CPU?,
>> or go with a slower CPU, yet have 2 of them?
>>
> Go with whatever you can get cheeper.  If it is primarily an NFS server,
> any CPU over 1 GHz will do.  Even a single cpu with a single core.  The
> only concern is if you are using a 10 Gbps network card.  If money is a
> concern, you are not going to be using a 10 Gbps network card.

Other questions to ask:
- - How many users will it be serving?
- - How "busy" will it be?  Even if you are only serving one system,
  will it be a streaming uncompressed High Def video server, or an
  MPEG-2 and MP3 server for 1 person.?

If it's lightweight like that, a Via EPIA EN-based mobo may be
totally adequate.

- --
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.
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