Why not one of them dual core dual opteron badboys? I am sure they would be good for SQL.
--- Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Am building a database server for SQL Server 2005 > Enterprise edition. OS > will be Windows 2003 Server Enterprise edition. > Server is probably going to > be a Dell 6850 > (http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_6850?c=uk&l=en&s=lca&~tab=specstab#tabtop) > > Although I can get older IBM servers (hence the 4MB > L3 cache option below) > for a very good price. > > Basic spec is 4 CPU's, 24 GB of RAM and an external > disk array. Just > wondering how much performance difference there is > between the followoing > CPU's: > > 4 x Xeon MP 3.0 GHz 4MB L3 cache (400 MHz FSB ?) > 4 x Xeon MP 3.0 GHz 8 MB L3 cache (667 MHz FSB) > 4 x Xeon 3.6 GHz 1 MB L2 cache > 4 x Xeon dual core 2.6 GHz 2 x 1 MB L2 cache > > My gut reaction says the 8 MB L3 cache chips will be > faster than even the > dual core chips in real world performance. Anybody > else have a view ? > > Thanks, Steve > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
