On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 07:46 -0700, Grant wrote: > I'm trying to decide between an AMD Barcelona or an Intel Harpertown > quad-core CPU for a web/database server. The Intel would have a 5% > lower clock speed. I've read that Harpertown outperforms Barcelona > (by 20%?), but that the quad-core implementation isn't as good on the > Harpertown. It's surprisingly difficult to get comparative benchmarks > on these at similar clock speeds. Does anyone know which of these > should perform better in a web/database server? I support AMD on my > non-critical systems, but I need performance for this server. > > I'm also trying to decide between a 2.5" 10k HD vs. a 3.5" 15k HD. > I've read that the 15k yields about a 20% I/O performance boost so I > think I'll go for it. I won't be using RAID at all. > > - Grant
> I won't be using RAID at all. If uptime is of no concern to you, then why even bother about speed?
