Robert, thank you for your answer. I will be using the server strictly for MySQL database. That will be a backend for several Web Applications written mostly in PHP. What hardware is advised in such a configuration ?
--- Robert Adkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am running a few AMD based servers in our offices > here and have no > issues with them. The big question is, What kind of > operations are you > most likely to see with your servers? > > If the servers will be doing some heavy floating > point operations stay > away from the Intel P4. (Unless recent versions have > been fixed.) The > Pentium 4 has a TERRIBLE FPU. If you need high FPU > and MUST stick with > Intel, then by all means look for Pentium III CPUs > or look from some > Pentium Xeon CPUs. > > If you aren't brand specific, take a look at AMD. > They perform admirably > for FPU options. For instance, there is one > workstation application that > we have for developing CNC Mill cutter path that > simply tears things up > when it is run on an AMD chip. Our old system would > take nearly an hour > to generate the same cutter path that is generated > in less then 30 > seconds on the AMD Chip. (Athlon 2000+ XP) > > In the tests performed by our vendor, a similar > speed Pentium 4 takes > quite a bit longer to generate the same cutter path. > Something close to 5 > minutes longer. Of course, that's all FPU doing the > work there. > > The one thing that the P4 has over the AMD Athlon > XP and P3 CPUs is raw > memory bandwidth. It can easily outpace both of > those other processors > for VERY specific operations, like video editing and > other HIGH Memory > bandwidth hungry applications. > > Depending upon what you are building, you might > want to utilize more > then one CPU type across several boxes to be able to > utilize the > strengths of each processor design. > > Good luck! > > Regards, > Robert Adkins II > IT Manager/Buyer > Impel Industries, Inc. > Ph. 586-254-5800 > Fx. 586-254-5804 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: andy thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 1:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Helmut > Apfelholz; Robert Adkins > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Serwer Hardware p4 or pIII ? > > > > On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Helmut Apfelholz wrote: > > > Hi, > > I am assembling mysql only server. I am planning > 2Gb > > RAM, 4 x 15k SCSI disks. However I cannot decide > if I > > should get 2 p4 processors or 2 tuallatin pIII. > > > > I could not find any mysql specif?c benchmarks, > that > > would show which processors I should use. > > I will be running linux on the server. > > > > Could anyone share his/hers experience with me ? > > I have often wondered about that myself so I would > be interested in > other people's views. I currently run a number of > servers with dual > 1GHz P3's. > > Andy > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list > archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: > http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
