When you factor in colo, power, configuration, and administration costs, fewer boxes is always cheaper. I'm not expecting a 2x speedup for the extra CPU, but I'm curious what the hit is.


Ted Dunning wrote:
Doesn't the incremental CPU cost you as much as an entire extra box?


On 2/12/08 12:19 PM, "Colin Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

The big question for me is how well a dual-CPU 4-core (8 cores per box)
configuration will do.  Has anyone tried out this configuration with
Intel or AMD CPUs?  Is the memory throughput sufficient?


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