On 10/14/05, Lennart Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > When did xeon servers become cheaper than opteron servers? :) >
Please note the "I have a chance" line - I have some discounts that I can apply against Intel 830D's which would take the overall cost down to less than an Opteron machine - and I'd be getting dual-core for that lower price as well. Pentium 4 830D's have EM64T support; it's not just Xeons. > > Remember you can not compare an 830D to an opteron. That's like > comparing an 830D to a xeon. Rather unreasonable comparison. Compare > it to an Athlon 64 X2 system. > You can compare anything you want. It's a comparison for that reason. My two options are an 830D or an Opteron-based system. The main question is 64-bit support using Debian-amd64/kernel 2.6.x. Is it any different than installing Debian-amd64 on an Opteron box? I already run it on 7 Opteron-based systems and an Athlon64 system. >From the replies after this, it sounds like the EM64T 64-bit arch is a little slower than AMD64. However, maybe that's just a bottleneck that will be fixed soon, much like when Hyperthreading came out?
