Generally most OEM's will not warranty a system if you have upgraded the
system with 3rd party hardware. We pay twice what the systems are actualy
worth for our HP Lpr's. It's just a insurance policy I guess.
As for performance. It depends on what applications the server will be
running. If it is just one web site or a few power hungry sites, it would be
much easier to upgrade the current system.
Though I would buy an additional machine and cluster the two if it's only
one site, for peace of mind of redundancy.
Otherwise I think that you may be better off going with another server. Dual
866's will perform better than 4 old P2 Xeon's. Especially if you are
running Windows.
These are my opinions only. What you should do really depends on the
applications you will be running, and what the current server's load
generally is.
jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Schreiber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 4:36 AM
Subject: OT: Server Upgrade Dilemma
> Forgive the off-topic diversion into hardware, but I'm sure many of you
> have faced this same situation.
>
> The subject:
> Compaq Proliant 6000
> 1x PII Xeon 400Mhz 512k, 256mb Ram
> Oracle 8.0.5 on NT4SP6
>
> This is a beefy box that I just spent $160 on to get a redundant power
> supply for. Array controller, hot-swap drives, etc... Looking at the
> invoice it was about $15k new...not that that means anything now...
>
> While the PII Xeon 400/512's are reasonably priced (<$100) the actual
> compaq kits are not ($1700!). However, I did find someone who would sell
> the Compaq Xeon Kit wit processor (you need the tray, heat pipe/sink, vrm,
> etc) for $455.
>
> So the question really is, do I spend $1500 to get 3 more processors and
> throw some more memory in it (probably up to a gig) or just buy another
> machine?
>
> OR (to put it another way)
>
> Will Quad Xeon 400's be faster or slower than say Dual PIII-866's?
>
> (Uprading to Win2kAS in the process)
>
>
> Tony Schreiber, Senior Partner Man and Machine, Limited
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