Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 11:50:18 +0200 From: Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> To: Conrado Vardanega <cvspam@ig.com.br> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How does Athlon performs in server tasks? Message-ID: <20011017115018.B721@zerogravity.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <NDBBLGPICDCECKDGFCGFKEIBCMAA.cvspam@ig.com.br>; from cvspam@ig.com.br on Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 01:32:08AM -0300 References: <NDBBLGPICDCECKDGFCGFKEIBCMAA.cvspam@ig.com.br>
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Thus spake Conrado Vardanega (cvspam@ig.com.br): > 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? Read this article: http://www4.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q3/010917/index.html For a production system where uptime matters and that runs 24/7, I'd really recommend the Pentium IV, for above reasons. The speed difference isn't valueable if you are hitten by a fan damage in the night and your server is down for hours. I have a Athlon Thunderbird 1000 MHz myself as a server, without DDR RAM. It performs nice, but I don't think I'd have bought it if I'd known about the above article before. > 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? Only some percent, doesn't really matter. Better get GOOD ECC RAM. Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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