From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 2 07:32:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CE9C16A4CE for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 07:32:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp02.gnvlscdb.sys.nuvox.net (smtp.nuvox.net [64.89.70.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E07643D1D for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 07:32:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from joe@jwebmedia.com) Received: from [192.168.1.107] (66.49.54.54.nw.nuvox.net [66.49.54.54]) i22FWZRi016893 for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:32:35 -0500 User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.0.6 Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 09:32:35 -0600 From: Joseph Koenig To: Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: 1 processor vs. 2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 15:32:36 -0000 I'm putting together a system that will host a relatively small database (around 20,000 records), as well as run Apache / PHP to search that database. I have the option in front of me to use a P III dual 1GHz machine with a SCSI Raid 5, or to use a single P4 2.8 GHz with a SCSI Raid 1. Both have 1GB RAM. I'm looking to use MySQL as the DB. The site that this machine will host gets about 2 million hits per months (yes, hits, not pageviews or visitors) from about 21,000 unique visitors. Does anyone have an opinion as to which machine will perform best under this scenario? Obviously, both would run FreeBSD. Thanks, Joe Koenig Production Manager jWeb New Media Design joe@jWebmedia.com http://www.jwebmedia.com/ 636.928.3162