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[gate2vn]

Which one do you prefer?
- dual opteron 252 / 2GB RAM DDR / 15K rpm SCSI disk
- core2duo E6400 / 2GB RAM DDR2 / raid-1 sata (raid-edition) disks

It will be used for a big vBulletin forum. Price is around $200 different, core2duo a bit more expensive. Please share your idea

thanks,

[layer0]

I'd take the Dual Opteron due to the SCSI disk. It seems as if it may offer more value in this case, especially since it is the cheaper box.

[inteltechs]

dual opteron 252 / 2GB RAM DDR / 15K rpm SCSI disk

add another hard drive and do raid 0... it will be a lot faster for any sites with heavy mysql.

[Algerino]

dual opteron obviously.

[RyanD]

Originally Posted by inteltechs

dual opteron 252 / 2GB RAM DDR / 15K rpm SCSI disk

add another hard drive and do raid 0... it will be a lot faster for any sites with heavy mysql.

DO NOT do raid-0, thats like pointing a loaded gun with a hair trigger at your data

[KyleLC23]

Lets say these machines had the same hds in them...which processor would win?

[lostmind]

against the E6400? I'd say the 252 opteron's.

[cwl@apaqdigital]

nowadays, e6600 costs only ~$50 more than e6400, then you can get dual 2.4G cores and 2M L2 per core. I will think the raw power of dual 2.4G conroe cores will outperforms dual op252 on DB/forum apps.

there is no reason why you can't put 15K SCSI drive on conroe server. also, conroe platform will draws at least 1amp/110v less than dual 252.

[linktome]

But putting 15K SCSI into conroe server will take me lot of money. Currently, E6400 is more than $200 already. Adding another $50 for E660, is it worth to get it? $250 difference!

[cwl@apaqdigital]

Originally Posted by linktome

But putting 15K SCSI into conroe server will take me lot of money. Currently, E6400 is more than $200 already. Adding another $50 for E660, is it worth to get it? $250 difference!

I'm a bit puzzled. how comes a dual op252 1U server with 15K SCSI can be cheaper?! by my calculation, it should be a few hundreds higher than E6400 1U server with SATA RAID1.

[lostmind]

I'm guessing that the provider already rented the 252 machine out for a bit, lost the client and is trying to recoup some costs by renting it out cheap?

E6600 is a great cpu...

[dkitchen]

Originally Posted by WireSix

DO NOT do raid-0, thats like pointing a loaded gun with a hair trigger at your data

Seconded.

The Opteron will easily outperform here IMHO on both CPU alone and CPU + I/O.

Dan

[kerplunk]

I'm a huge fan of the new Xeon processors and SCSI hard drives. In this case, I think you should go with the dual Opteron, especially considering it is cheaper.