Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:24:31 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd vs. linux Message-ID: <1709020540.20050214172431@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEGIFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <382521231.20050213212528@wanadoo.fr> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEGIFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt writes: > The main difference between a desktop and a server is a server > needs beefy disk I/O or beefy CPU power or both, while a desktop > needs beefy video and can often make due with piss-poor disk I/O. A desktop also needs a GUI, whereas a server is better off without it. > While a desktop is USUALLY optimized for the video, and saves > money by using poor I/O, and a server vis-versa, if you had unlimited > funds you could certainly put a hardware RAID card on your desktop > and have an equivalent to the server. There's still the GUI issue, though. -- Anthony
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