Sorry.. I meant dual-core AMD Opteron for a Windows server, not the X2 64 chips. You can do fine with X2's on an unstressed Linux server. You will want to look at the Opteron 200 series for 2-way setups. The 100 series Opterons are for single-CPU setups. You *can* run one 100 series CPU on a dual-CPU board, but it's not recommended with upgrading in mind. If you plan on upgrading in the near future, you will have to swap the 100 series chip you just bought for a comparable 200. At the same time, you have to buy your second chip. Doing that is much cheaper up-front, but upgrading can become expensive later.
------------------------------------------- Glen Batchelor IT Director All-Spec Industries phone: (910) 332-0424 fax: (910) 763-5664 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------- www.allspec.com ------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Batchelor > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:56 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: RE: [U2] New UV system > > Cost-wise, consider a dual-core AMD X2 system. If you have a little more > funds, the 5140 or 5150 Xeons are well cached chips for the money. Either > way, get a dual-CPU mainboard that is one-CPU capable so that you can drop > in an "upgrade" chip later as CPU demand increases. (Trust me, it will..) > > Keep in mind that each client IP will take a Windows user license if you > plan on serving files via sharing. The max connections/licenses, if I'm > not > mistaken, is still 10 for non-server versions of Windows. Linux would be a > better fit all around for a server, but that's my opinion. I have 4 Debian > boxen and one RHEL box running servers here. > > ------------------------------------------- > Glen Batchelor > IT Director > All-Spec Industries > phone: (910) 332-0424 > fax: (910) 763-5664 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------- > www.allspec.com > ------------------------------------------- > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MAJ Programming > > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:17 AM > > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > Subject: [U2] New UV system > > > > All: > > > > I have a client running UV on SCO on a 486/Pentium-1 looking box. They > > would > > like to move everything to a contemporary box. > > > > While I don't create systems, I would like some suggestions on which > kind > > of > > W2000-class server to hold a 5 user version of UV. I don't want to > switch > > databases to UD or D3 etc as the $ isn't there for the conversion (me). > > > > Unless absolutely imperative, I do not want a unix-based system. > > > > I would also be in the market for some phone-based assistance on the > > backup as > > it's done through an automated process in the UV app and I'm not that > > familiar > > with UV/UD backups or restores. One thing I would like would be to > resize > > (down) most of the data files. I think it is a dds4 tape. > > > > I'm even game for a gently-used smaller system. > > > > Thanks in advance > > Mark Johnson > > ------- > > u2-users mailing list > > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
