From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 17 22:26:02 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36D0916A400 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:26:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 965C413C441 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:26:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kometen@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so1388224wxd for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:26:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=BTzjLgODIFogSVi8ulxiEP53WTCmB8W7EQSpcxuvBumr6LRclUuuXPUp8TunXfIu2ntfjG8dM5CG3/3cW0CHlMDXxf3ue7nE0Cx0J1Nu2cvAH8Ii4rzHRG8jxR7fcqwDf7KY8rSEl/WMWD2AG9+M/JGeFAfwdtHmkHFKLobHc24= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=XHD5TpqTHg/CGIOg+Z6vouGBjjg2+i0FYdJYmsl8KiDC/Ph5ir4zul3HbA6KhrJWmh1LZLLEEaHr59hYFY34ZatUg6tzf2YgzQLHvF65MbT2VJSGNUOCcILRCnyR5PMk9fpvI138Hc4KOKtNBkXshu3ilIAjSlkui27VPUbEk00= Received: by 10.70.59.20 with SMTP id h20mr1415408wxa.1184709512724; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:58:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.41.4 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:58:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:58:32 +0200 From: "Claus Guttesen" To: "Jack Toering" In-Reply-To: <029401c7c8af$e5d19c60$6480010a@DELL9400> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <029401c7c8af$e5d19c60$6480010a@DELL9400> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which SMP CPU for FreeBSD 6.2? X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:26:02 -0000 > It's been a couple years since I had to buy another dedicated server. Back > then the AMD Opteron had it hands down. The trade press seems to be > indicating the pendulum has swung the other way and AMD is in trouble, > especially since the Barcelona miss. Also, over the past two years I've > read how code is optimized more for the Intel. I'd like your opinion on > which way to go on a new server by picking one for each category. For the > same price I can get: > > $159.00 Range > Dual Opteron 246 > Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz > + $30 and get Core 2 Duo E6700 2.66GHz > > $209.00 Range > Dual Opteron 252 > +$10 Opteron 2214 2.2Ghz > > $239.00 Range > Xeon 5130 2.0GHz Woodcrest > Clovertown 5310 1.6Ghz > > $279.00 Range > Woodcrest 5160 Dual Core Dual 3Ghz > Opteron 2216 HE 2.4GHz I'm very delighted with our four-way woodcrest at 3 Ghz. It's a HP DL 380 G5. I have two four-way opterons at 2 Ghz but hz for hz the woodcrest is (way) faster. -- regards Claus When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner. Shakespeare