Mike Jakubik wrote:
As much as i love AMDs cpus, the availability of good server
motherboards and chipsets stinks, hopefully that will change when socket
AM2 comes out.
That is an old myth: http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/
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David O'Brien wrote:
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 12:43:27PM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote:
Steven Hartland wrote:
IIRC AM2 is not a server solution just a client one the new server
socket is significantly different.
Its not a server/desktop thing, its a new socket that will allow AMD to
On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 12:43:27PM -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote:
> Steven Hartland wrote:
> >IIRC AM2 is not a server solution just a client one the new server
> >socket is significantly different.
>
> Its not a server/desktop thing, its a new socket that will allow AMD to
> use DDR2 memory. It appl
- Original Message -
From: "Mike Jakubik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Steven Hartland wrote:
IIRC AM2 is not a server solution just a client one the new server
socket is significantly different.
Its not a server/desktop thing, its a new socket that will allow AMD to
use DDR2 memory. It app
Steven Hartland wrote:
IIRC AM2 is not a server solution just a client one the new server
socket is significantly different.
Its not a server/desktop thing, its a new socket that will allow AMD to
use DDR2 memory. It applies to both Athlons and Opterons.
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- Original Message -
From: "Mike Jakubik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
David Gilbert wrote:
This isn't random. As I understand the issue, the Opteron HT bus
handles synchronization much faster. So for a game --- this doesn't
matter ... games don't (usually) need sync. Databases, however, liv
Bill Moran wrote:
Lost me here.
Are you saying 1U units from Sun? Or does Dell have a 1U called a
"Sun"?
I am pretty-much locked into Dell - decision made by others. Actually,
I've been pretty happy with the Dell HW, but it's a shame they don't
offer AMD servers.
I'm quite sure he was re
David Gilbert wrote:
This isn't random. As I understand the issue, the Opteron HT bus
handles synchronization much faster. So for a game --- this doesn't
matter ... games don't (usually) need sync. Databases, however, live
on synchonizaton. If you're a Dell man (and already paying the Dell
ta
On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:35:06 -0400
David Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "Mike" == Mike Jakubik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Mike> Steven Hartland wrote:
> >> Forget Intel and go for AMD who beat them hands down for DB work:
> >> http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=2745
>
>
> "Mike" == Mike Jakubik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Mike> Steven Hartland wrote:
>> Forget Intel and go for AMD who beat them hands down for DB work:
>> http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=2745
Mike> It will be interesting to see how Intels new CPUs (Conroe,
Mike> Woodcrest, etc) will
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