From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 17 22:10:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8862316A400 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:10:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jack.toering@leadingedgeita.com) Received: from mail2.hspheredns.com (mail2.hspheredns.com [207.210.215.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 53D5713C48E for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:10:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jack.toering@leadingedgeita.com) Received: (qmail 315 invoked by uid 399); 17 Jul 2007 22:10:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO DELL9400) (jack.toering@leadingedgeita.com@71.205.40.245) by mail2.hspheredns.com with ESMTP; 17 Jul 2007 22:10:15 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 71.205.40.245 From: "Jack Toering" To: References: <029401c7c8af$e5d19c60$6480010a@DELL9400> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:10:20 -0400 Organization: Leading Edge IT Architects Message-ID: <02b101c7c8bf$442c2140$6480010a@DELL9400> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 thread-index: AcfIvZqD3qcfXzX/TqCOj65Mz8kwEgAAHs0g X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 In-reply-to: X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:08:23 +0000 Subject: RE: Which SMP CPU for FreeBSD 6.2? X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:10:24 -0000 >I'm very delighted with our four-way woodcrest at 3 Ghz. It's a HP DL 380 G5. I have two four-way opterons at 2 Ghz but hz for hz the woodcrest is (way) faster.< These are things I need to hear bacause it doesn't make sense for me to watch these things until I'm in the market because the technology moves so fast. Thank you very much for your response! -----Original Message----- From: Claus Guttesen [mailto:kometen@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:59 PM To: Jack Toering Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which SMP CPU for FreeBSD 6.2? > It's been a couple years since I had to buy another dedicated server. > Back then the AMD Opteron had it hands down. The trade press seems to > be indicating the pendulum has swung the other way and AMD is in > trouble, especially since the Barcelona miss. Also, over the past two > years I've read how code is optimized more for the Intel. I'd like > your opinion on which way to go on a new server by picking one for > each category. For the same price I can get: > > $159.00 Range > Dual Opteron 246 > Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz > + $30 and get Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz > > $209.00 Range > Dual Opteron 252 > +$10 Opteron 2214 2.2Ghz > > $239.00 Range > Xeon 5130 2.0GHz Woodcrest > Clovertown 5310 1.6Ghz > > $279.00 Range > Woodcrest 5160 Dual Core Dual 3Ghz > Opteron 2216 HE 2.4GHz I'm very delighted with our four-way woodcrest at 3 Ghz. It's a HP DL 380 G5. I have two four-way opterons at 2 Ghz but hz for hz the woodcrest is (way) faster. -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare