Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:14:37 -0700 From: Seth Murray <smurray@comboard.com> To: Conrado Vardanega <cvspam@ig.com.br> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How does Athlon performs in server tasks? Message-ID: <B7F1023D.118FA%smurray@comboard.com> In-Reply-To: <NDBBLGPICDCECKDGFCGFKEIBCMAA.cvspam@ig.com.br>
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We built a 2CPU 1Ghz Athlon server with the TYAN 2462 (I think) board a couple months ago. My recollection is, aside from cost, it had twice the bus-speed of comparable Intel-supporting boards (but I'm sure others out there know more about this than I). We're running ApacheSSL/PHPmod/PostgreSQL/Qmail/BIND and God-knows what else. It has been rock solid and lightening fast. Only problems I've had have been my own ignorance -- still working on that. One little bug in the built-in ethernet port drivers (plus a misprint in the jumper specifications in the board manual -- now fixed), but it doesn't appear to affect operation. The board was new and we used older drivers to get it running. There may be new drivers out by now. Everything else has been fine. I can't compare it to Intel servers (since we don't have any), but similar web/scripting/database processes are about 200x faster than our old PPC G3 server. Using ECC RAM. SHM +------------------------------------- | Seth Murray | The Communications Boardroom | smurray@comboard.com | http://www.comboard.com/ > From: "Conrado Vardanega" <cvspam@ig.com.br> > Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 01:32:08 -0300 > To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> > Subject: How does Athlon performs in server tasks? > > Hi there! > > I'm considering assembling an Athlon-based multipurpose server > (Apache+PHP/MySQL/Sendmail/etc.) and would like to hear from administrators > that runs Athlon-based servers how is performs. The Athlon has many pros, > including low pricing, low cost motherboards, etc. Is there any reason that > shoud lead me to pick a lower clock Intel processor (eg. Pentium III 800 > MHz), instead a more powerful Athlon 1.4 GHz? > > By the way, how does memory affects performance regarding Apache and other > services that need fast response? Should I seriously consider DDR-memory > instead a lot of SDRAM or it doesn't matters at all? > > I appreciate all feedback. Thank you very much. > > --- > Conrado Vardanega > cvarda@ig.com.br > http://go.to/conrado > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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