From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 2 07:55:06 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 743B216A4CE for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 07:55:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.modwest.com (marshall.modwest.com [216.129.251.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 426AA43D1D for ; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 07:55:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Shes@virtualdesire.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.modwest.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F02940F5C7F; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:55:05 -0700 (MST) Received: from mail.modwest.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (marshall.modwest.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new) with ESMTP id 09750-03; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:55:05 -0000 (MST) Received: from modwest.com (web0.modwest.com [216.129.251.27]) by mail.modwest.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 69DFC40F5C5E; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:55:05 -0700 (MST) Received: from 62.202.1.66 (SquirrelMail authenticated user shes) by my.modwest.com with HTTP; Tue, 2 Mar 2004 16:55:05 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <12372.62.202.1.66.1078242905.squirrel@my.modwest.com> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 16:55:05 +0100 (CET) From: "Yoan Talagrand" To: In-Reply-To: References: X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.10) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new amavisd-new-20020630 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 15:55:06 -0000 I would use the P III with the 5. branch of freebsd and the appropriate configuration of mysql. Yoan > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"