RE: [ActiveDir] Domain Controller Consolidation utilizing Dual Core CPUs

[Thommes, Michael M.]

Title: Domain Controller Consolidation utilizing Dual Core CPUs

Nice box!  Take this kind of hardware, put terminal services on it, and call it a mainframe!  LOL!   Mike Thommes   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Cornetet Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 8:32 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Domain Controller Consolidation utilizing Dual Core CPUs   I've been looking at HP DL385s for some SAP stuff. SAP's benchmarking page (http://www50.sap.com/benchmarkdata/sd2tier.asp)   shows that a dual dual-core AMD box gives the same performance as a 4-way Intel box.   I've built a few 385s so far, and they rock! And, as a bonus, you could run your DCs on 64 bit windows. Four CPUs, 16GB of RAM, and 64 bit windows - that's one honkin' DC!   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mauricio F. Funes Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:56 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Domain Controller Consolidation utilizing Dual Core CPUs Gentleman, Does anyone has any information regarding Domain Controller consolidation utilizing Dual Core CPUs? I have not seen anything reports from microsoft indicating the performance boost gained by utilizing Dual Core technology on DCs. It is presume to be much better that the 20% to 30% gain from Hyper Threading CPUs. Thanks for your input, Mauricio Funes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pasadena, CA