> > But keep in mind that newer hardware may or may not be > more energy efficient but it has more processing power. > So you can use one faster newer machine with x Watt > energy or use several x Watt older machines to do the > same task. > > I now have a new HP DL385G5p using 80Watt running 1 linux > server and a windows 2008 server (using ESX). >
Yes, I dream about my next PC, having 2 quad core CPU's and 8-16 gigs RAM and couple terabytes disk. But the money has takers, I have also three teenagers to upkeep. They each have a computer in WLAN, and other needs. My dream PC would virtualize all my current farm of linuces and a Windows workstation into one. But we will see when that happens... Some day.. some day.. ;) This Pentium PRO seems to cope with Spamd about at the same rate as more powerful PC:s. Most of the time needed goes to network tests, where CPU is not so important. Offtopic: ;) I removed the spamc -x and everything seems to run fine now. As long as I keep at least one spamd up at all times. Little scripting and a shared file in LAN telling to the others when one is down takes it. My little machine does not do sa-update now, when it sees that the another machine is without spamd.
