Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 20:06:55 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WTB: Pentium Pro 180 Message-ID: <199711070306.UAA24376@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <5417.878796140@time.cdrom.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971105225839.3101A-100000@orion.webspan.net> <5417.878796140@time.cdrom.com>
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Jordan K. Hubbard writes:
> > Actually I've reconsidered, I was going to use a Tyan tahoe-2 MB and get a
> > single Pro and upgrade to another later.
> > But seeing as how almost everyone is dropping pro's like a bad habbit im
>
> I don't know which "everyone" you're talking about here, but everyone
> I know still favors the P6/200, with its faster cache and ability to
> cache above 512MB, for any server of truly serious capacity. I can
> only infer from this that you've been hanging out with the
> light-weights again. :-)
Yes, and since he mentioned dual processors, the Pros are a *big* win
over Pentiums due to the local cache.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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