Josh Berkus wrote:
>Mark,
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>>It might be worth considering Apple if you want a 64-bit chip that has a
>>clock speed comparable to Intel's - the Xserv is similarly priced to Sun
>>V210 (both dual cpu 1U's).
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>Personally I'd stay *far* away from the XServs until Apple learns to build
>some real server harware. The current XServs have internal parts more
>appropriate to a Dell desktop (promise controller, low-speed commodity IDE
>drives), than a server.
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>If Apple has prices these IU desktop machines similar to Sun, then I sense
>doom ahead for the Apple Server Division.
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(thinks...) Point taken - the Xserv is pretty "entry level"...
However, having recently benchmarked a 280R vs a PIII Dell using a
Promise ide raid controller - and finding the Dell comparable (with
write cache *disabled*), I suspect that the Xserv has a pretty good
chance of outperforming a V210 (certainly would be interesting to try
out....)
What I think has happened is that over the last few years then "cheap /
slow" ide stuff has gotten pretty fast - even when you make "write mean
write"....
cheers
Mark