On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 12:40:02PM -1000, Clifton Royston wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 12:36:39PM -0800, Rich Marriner wrote: > > This might be a little bit off topic, but a new computer recently came > > into my hands and am wondering if I should retire(or reassign) my > > existing server and use my new computer as my postfix/amavis/mysql/web > > server. Now I am sure that the amount of traffic I get that either of > > these machines will handle it just fine (infact the Dual 600 handles > > perfect now), but incase I grow beyond my expectations in the near > > future... Anyway, would you rather have a Dual P3 600mhz or a Single P4 > > 1.6ghz? > > Given the IPC (instructions-per-clock) difference between the P3 and > P4, and the fact that an amavisd/postfix setup is highly multitasking, > the dual P3 might have a *slight* edge over the P4; it'll be pretty > near to a wash though. > > Anyway, this is the kind of answer that a little testing on your side > can resolve very concretely. >
Probably any time advantage gained will be already lost on the process of thinking, testing and changing the server. ;) Cheers, Henrik ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
