RE: 1 CPU or 2 ?
If the server is more or less just doing NFS, then even with a 10Gbps
network card, would a dual-core CPU really help...?
This is really just guess work... but the software you're running for NFS
would need to be smart enough to take advantage of a dual core for it to
even matter, wouldn't it? And I'm guessing most NFS stuff these days
probably doesn't do that.
Like I said, I'm really just taking a shot in the dark here... someone
please let me know if that's remotely accurate.
Thanks,
- GM
-----Original Message-----
From: Roberto C. Sanchez [mailto:roberto@connexer.com]
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 8:53 PM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: 1 CPU or 2 ?
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.
Regards,
-Roberto
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