On 8/1/07, P.V.Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Need some more advice. > > Now the question is, is it better to go with 2 core or 4 core? > > The reason for this question is, that I heard there is a diminishing > return with more cores. Not sure if this is true with kernel 2.6.21 and > running at 64bit. > > The server needed to built is for the following apps. > > Hardware. > 1. Tyan Tank GT20 (B5191) > 2. 2 x Sata drives > 3. Software raid 1 > 4. 4Gb ram ecc > 5. Intel Core2Duo E6420 or Intel Core2Quad E6600 > > Apps. > 1. Gentoo linux 64bit > 2. Apache 2 > 3. MySql > 4. Postgres > 5. Qmail > 6. Pure-ftpd > 7. Mod_perl > 8. php > 9. ruby > > Will all the instances of the apps be shared among the cores? > > Please share the comments. > > I would really like to save some money. If the 2 core can do the job > there is quite a bit of savings buying just the 2 core. > > The other option is just to go with Pentium D with 2 core. That one is a > real saver. > > Please advice.
Whether a dual core will work well for your situation completely depends on the load and usage patterns. Is this for a server or development machine? Whatever you do, DO NOT buy a pentium 4 dual core. Wil -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
