Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 22:41:13 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Johan_Str=F6m?= <johan@stromnet.se> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Single Core2Duo Quadcore vs. two dualcore Xeon? Message-ID: <7A201B4E-9B61-4074-93B9-42BD23B35AA9@stromnet.se>
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Hello I'm in the process of purchasing a new server. I'm currently looking at two Supermicro based options, one with a Core 2 Duo Q6600 Quadcore 2.4GHz 2x4MB (on a PDSMi+ board) , and another with two Xeon 5110 dualcore 1.6GHz 4MB (on a X7DVL-i board). Both configurations would have 4GB (2x2Gb) memory (to begin with, 4 slots on the boards so max 8GB), and I'm thinking about 4x 500GB disks in a raid10 config on a 3Ware 9550SX. What my question is, from the performance point of view, what would be best? Two dualcores or a single quadcore? I'm thinking about memory bandwidth and such... Bus bandwitdh (to ethernet and disks)... Looking from the upgrade point of view I guess two dualcores can be replaced with two quadcores, but on the other hand, if that will be necessary then another box is probably a better solution... Is there any known problems with FreeBSD and these stuff? From what I've understood Supermicro is pretty FreeBSD-friendly and should work fine... The box will be used mainly with a jail running MySQL and Apache 2, and a number of other jails which will take fare less power... So mainly mysql & apache. If someone have any clues about which system performs best, or any other input, everything is appreciated! Thanks -- Johan Ström Stromnet johan@stromnet.se http://www.stromnet.se/home | help
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