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From: Aaron Kulkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Hello All,
I am going to upgrade my home network server from a
>>> Pentium 4 S478 1.7 Mhz to a S775 MB with 1066 FSB.
I don't want to spend a lot of money. Is a Pentium
>>> D okay as a CPU for this or should I go with the next
>>> one up? Celeron not good either?
I'm assuming that you're not going to use this as a "compute
server" ... something that you submit computationally intensive
tasks to from other machines.
On that assumption, to maximize your benefit/cost ratio, you
want to use as cheap a CPU as you can find (because even slow
CPU's are thousands of times faster than the fastest disk
drives), and lots of memory. Further improvement comes from
having lots of small (in today's world) disk drives instead
of one huge disk ... many disks = more track-seeks that can
be performed simultaneously.
Don't buy into the propaganda that CPU speed is the primary
determinant of system performance...and that a "server"
needs the fastest thing out there. File serving is NOT a
CPU intensive task, and printing is a task which CAN BE
CPU intensive but is also feeding to a tediously slow
physical device....and no CPU in the world is going to
speed up your printer.
I'm sorry. I went and checked and it has a P3 S478 20
> Celeron Processor. I have had it so long, I forgot what
> was in there. No no CPU intensive task. Just to be able
> to have the kids all connect simultaneously to store
> and retrieve their stored work from their mobile laptops.
> I already have the mobo (P4M800PRO-M v2.0), but don't
> have a CPU. I have enough memory to put 768 MB RAM in
> it.
> I also have a P4 2.4 Ghz on a mobo that is _not_ SATA
> and could also put the RAM in it. Before I start to
> swap out, which is better?
I don't think there will be ANY noticeable difference
between the two. First, any file-write is going to be
first buffered in memory on the laptop... and then the
laptop's OS is going to send the file to your server.
The server's two bottlenecks are the network connection,
and the disk drives...both of which are slow compared
to the operating speed of the CPUs in question.
So, on that basis, do what ever is most convenient
for you and which gives you the most flexibility in
the future.
Thanks,
Keith Boykin
You are what you think - so always think positively!
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