| Nikola Milutinovic 2004-09-08, 6:02 pm |
| Andrea A wrote:
> Hi,
> i'm buying one server on Dell.
> I have two options at the same price:
>
> 1) Single Intel® XeonT 3.0GHz with1MB cache
> 2) Double Processore Intel® XeonT 2.8GHz / 512KB cache
>
> The server will be used as Web Server (Apache-PHP and Mysql).
> Which one should I buy? and why?
It largely depends on the load of the machine. If both your Apache and
MySQL will be fairly loaded, 2-processor machine is a better choice. If
the box will be lightly loaded, one CPU will handle it just fine.
Even if Apache is alone, depending on the load, 2-CPU might be a good
thing. Although, you'll need one hell-of-a connection to swamp Apache's
CPU. Or some Perl/CGI. Or a Tomcat...
Nix.
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