On Apr 20, 2005, at 4:22 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
Realistically I don't think a 30k$ Dell is a something that needs to be
junked. I am pretty sure if I got MSSQL running on it, it would outperform
my two proc box. I can agree it may not have been the optimal platform. My
decision is not based solely on the performance on the 4 proc box.
Oh, certainly it's too late to buy a Sunfire or eServer instead. You just
could have gotten far more bang for the buck with some expert advice, that's
all. But don't bother with Dell support any further, they don't really have
the knowledge to help you.
FWIW, I have a $20k Dell box (PE2650 with 14-disk external PowerVault RAID enclosure) which I'm phasing out for a dual opteron box because it can't handle the load. It will be re-purposed as a backup system. Damn waste of money, but complaining customers can cost more...
Trust me, it is likely your Dell hardware, as moving to the Opteron system has improved performance tremendously with fewer disks. Same amount of RAM and other basic configurations. Both have LSI based RAID cards, even.
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