Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 14:01:36 +0100 (MEZ) From: "Hr.Ladavac" <lada@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> To: vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM (Vincent Poy) Cc: michaelv@MindBender.serv.net, tom@sdf.com, sergey@extech.msk.su, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [H] Optimal computer for FreeBSD Message-ID: <199702261301.AA083142096@ws2301.gud.siemens.co.at> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970226041234.438z-100000@mail.MCESTATE.COM> from "Vincent Poy" at Feb 26, 97 04:14:41 am
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E-mail message from Vincent Poy contained: > On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote: > > > > Always use parity RAM on servers, especially if you are buying > > >everything from scratch. > > > EDO doesn't give you much of a improvement if your motherboard supports > > >pipeline-burst-cache. > > > > My guess is that it doesn't, since the cache is built into the CPU... > > :-) > > Actually, from what Rodney Grimes had told me, the cache built > into the CPU is the L1 (Level 1) cache while the L2 cache is the cache on > the motherboard, with Pipeline Burst Caching, it will give like the same > improvement EDO ram will give with a non-PBC Cache but if used in > conjunction with PBC, the increase isn't that big to make much of a > difference. With the slight exception of PPro processors where both L1 and L2 caches reside in the same package, albeit on two separate pieces of sillicon... /Marino > > > Cheers, > Vince - vince@MCESTATE.COM - vince@GAIANET.NET ________ __ ____ > Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] > GaiaNet Corporation - M & C Estate / / / / | / | __] ] > Beverly Hills, California USA 90210 / / / / / |/ / | __] ] > HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] > > >
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