I am currently buying some single-proc quad-core boxes for ISA Server. Our standard server config has been a dual-proc dual-core, but that would cost me another ISA Enterprise license per server and not gain me anything in the performance department.
Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: Terry Dickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 30 October, 2008 12:58 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server CPU Question We do have one application that support charges per Core for Maintenance. So you might check on that when making your decision. Other than that I would agree Get the Quad Core CPU's whenever possible. I have a few of them already and you will really like them. -----Original Message----- From: Carl Houseman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server CPU Question >From a Microsoft licensing standpoint, extra cores are free. Extra CPUs are not always free. So quad-core is better than 2 x dual-core in that regard. >From a performance standpoint the difference if any between 2 x 2-core vs. 1 x 4-core is not likely to be noticeable. It seems possible that with very esoteric hardware the memory bandwidth might be greater for 2 x 2-core compared to 1 x 4-core, but in commodity servers I doubt there's a difference. Counterpoints welcome. Carl From: Joe Fox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 11:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server CPU Question I'm currently working on our budget for next year. I need to make recommendations on some replacement servers for our in house Oracle/ColdFusion application. My question is, will I get more horsepower from the server by using dual DualCore Xeons (such as the X5260) or a single QuadCore (E5440) Xeon? The way I see it, cores are cores, and the more cores I can get on a CPU the better off I am. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks in advance, -Joe -- Joe Fox Systems/Network Administrator Mobile# (716) 846-9308 http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephfoxjr ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
