Hi all, I recently (re-)subscribed to the mailing list, I have a couple specific questions, and can't seem to find any good data about it, and would like to tap people who probably have some real-world experience with it.
First off, I am a user of Debian-amd64 right now - and I love it. I run it on Opterons. It screams. I have a chance soon to switch out my servers, and going the Intel route I would be able to get a lot more bang for my buck. The website says that EM64T works fine with Debian-amd64, I just want to make sure there's no gotchas, compared to using it on an Opteron-based system. Basically, I'd be looking at an Intel 830D (3.0ghz, dual-core, EM64T) processor-based system, with 1 gig of ram and SATA HD vs. a single-core Opteron 1.8ghz (or a dual-processor NOT dual-core Opteron 1.8ghz) system, same HD and same RAM. Has anyone had the opportunity to benchmark this, or have any real experience with changing the underlying platform? I can build an 830D based system with dual-cores for cheaper than a single-core Opteron box right now (I have some discounts) but if the performance isn't as good as it seems it should be, or there's some odd things that must be done to get EM64T to work properly under Debian-amd64, I'd like to know that before committing to the hardware choice :) I plan on running the latest Linux kernel 2.6.x - two of my servers will be LVS machines and I will have a handful of webservers running this platform, in case you're wondering about specific usage. Thanks in advance for any feedback! - mike
