Hey, all. I've got a question for you. What's going to be faster, adding a second processor (PII/400), or moving to a single new processor, (P4/2000)? This would be on W2k running only SQL 2000. (I just saw the price for the second processor's SQL license: $1782.14 - ouch!)
[This is a reaction to a DOS upgrade, long overdue for Software Unlimited's Unified Accounting System (UAS), now known to be too slow in Access. They are moving to MS - SQL 2000. While I suspect SQL 7, for which we own licenses would work, they recommend v2000.] If we build a server, it would have one fast processor and 15,000 RPM drives on RAID 5. I figure that moving to faster drives from 10,000 RPM alone would help, but in a time of cost cutting, I wonder whether even staying on a single PII/400 and 10k RPM would suffice. Anybody have experience in SQL speed tests? Can you refer me to someone who would? Thanks in advance, Steve Scarbrough, Technology Coordinator Storm Lake Community School District 419 Lake Avenue Storm Lake, IA 50588 712.732.8100 fax:8101 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.storm-lake.k12.ia.us/~sscarbrough/ --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/tech-cord@aea5.k12.ia.us/ ---------------------------------------------------------
