 | View Full Version : p4 servers diyoha 04-18-2002, 03:15 PM How do P4 server compare to PIII or other servers? ie which is better as a server pIII 1gig 512 megs of ram or p4 1.7gig 1 gig of ram thanks David Walter 04-18-2002, 03:56 PM P4s are more expensive, I think it's better to invest the money into memory or fast disks or a dual PIII CPU configuration. mdrussell 04-18-2002, 04:03 PM Originally posted by diyoha How do P4 server compare to PIII or other servers? ie which is better as a server pIII 1gig 512 megs of ram or p4 1.7gig 1 gig of ram thanks David The P4 is the better server here. ReliableServers 04-18-2002, 04:13 PM Originally posted by diyoha How do P4 server compare to PIII or other servers? ie which is better as a server pIII 1gig 512 megs of ram or p4 1.7gig 1 gig of ram thanks David Same price? More ram, faster cpu.....P4 all the way. JustinH 04-18-2002, 09:31 PM Well that was unfair... your comparing oranges to an apple orchard :eek:. If you would have said: Dual PIII 1Ghz 1 Gig of Ram P4 2Ghz 1 Gig of Ram On a Linux based system, I would have said the Dual PIII, simply the price is quite uncomparable, not to mention benchmarks have shown a dual PIII system outperforms a P4 system in many situations (but not all). You have to realize you can't compare a single PIII with a P4 anymore then you can compare a 486 to a PII :). dektong 04-18-2002, 09:36 PM Originally posted by Walter P4s are more expensive, I think it's better to invest the money into memory or fast disks or a dual PIII CPU configuration. Why is P4 more expensive? Pricewatch latest price: P3/1.26Ghz - $129 P4/1.6Ghz - $129 cheers, :beer: diyoha 04-18-2002, 09:46 PM okay maybe I should rephrase my question which is more powerful or "better" a pIII or a P4 with the exact same configurations ie ram, hardrive, proc speed? thanks David hosting_ie 04-19-2002, 07:28 AM The p4 is not a 'server' ship - hence Intel are rolling out Xeons, etc. The p4 wil not work in a low profile (1u or 2u) factor and has temperature issues in a datacentre env - stick with pIII and go dual if you need power, 2x PIII 1.6 will do just fine :) Stephen padders 04-19-2002, 07:54 AM most of the datacenters offering P4 will be doing them in towers, if they have the space to offer towers then it would seem that the P4 is better option as heat will not be such an issue (will it?). Does anyone have any benchmarks for two similair systems (drives/ram etc) with a P4 2ghz v 2 x PIII 1.4ghz for example? ReliableServers 04-19-2002, 03:48 PM Originally posted by hosting_ie The p4 wil not work in a low profile (1u or 2u) factor and has temperature issues in a datacentre I have 3 Supermicro 5012 1U P4 servers and havent had any problems at all with heat. Only downfall on this server is the ramslots arent slanted :) other then that its great. dektong 04-19-2002, 03:52 PM I wonder how people say that P4 won't work in 1u (and not even in 2U?) rackmount. As Dillhole has mentioned it, supermicro has line of products for 1U P4 server. cheers, :beer: qps 04-19-2002, 04:44 PM I have used Pentium 4 chips in 1U cases and they work fine. 2Grumpy 04-19-2002, 11:05 PM Main issue is getting the fan. In a 1U case the fan is your big problem, tall memory is your second.... Got a motherboard with ram on it that'll NEVER fit in the 1U case I have coming... time to find some smaller memory :D raj4800 04-23-2002, 05:39 AM checkout www.atjeu.com for p4 servers...its very very cheap with very good service....starts @ $99/month only |