> >> If I need more CPU horsepower, I'll use 21264 (Alpha) CPU's instead. > > > >Sounds like a plan...I've seen reports of 3DES routines that really smoke > >running on Alphas, taking advantage of the true 64 bit architecture to run > >bit-sliced algorithms which really speed things up vs the clunky x86 > >systems. > > Yes, I've been using Alpha's for 5 years now - I have 3 Multia's in boxes in > my basement; plus an AlphaPC 164SX (with 533 mHz 21164PC CPU) running > Win2k/RC2 server. [I also have another identical 164SX mobo on the way that > was shipped last week, so I'll be building an NT4/Datacenter cluster for > Exchange 5.5, to work as my "home & family" email server(!)]
>From what I've heard about exchange, your cluster of 4 Alphas should work OK for a home/family e-mail system (although it'll probably be sluggish), as long as you've got a few gig of RAM and several terabytes of HDD in each system :-} > <http://www.alpha-processor.com> Been there, done that :-) I've actually got several DEC Personal Workstation 500a's running RedHat 7.1 for the Alpha. Nice systems. BTW: How are you running Win2K on the Alpha's? I thought M$ had dropped support for them...(lucky for me, that's how I managed to end up with the system's I've got :) Charles Steinkuehler http://lrp.steinkuehler.net http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
