<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Timothy Legge wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:be95b6c50809240503p554c0c79xaee98c0c616921d5@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Timothy Legge <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:timlegge@gmail.com"><timlegge@gmail.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Tim </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">SAS is well supported (shows up as SCSI drives). I recommend changing from Intel to Opteron as LSTP is very memory intensive and Opteron kicks the teeth out of Intel for memory intensive operations. That on-chip memory controller cuts 2 clock cycles out of a fetch process. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">I considered Opterons but for some reason I could only configure dual cores on dells web site. I will review that again... </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Actually now that I think of it, I thought that the Intels had gotten the edge in the last year or so with the multicore. Tim </pre> </blockquote> They have. Intel is essentially wiping the floor with AMD, in pretty much every way except for slightly more power usage with the mobo chipset. For an LTSP server with all-out performance, Intel's the way to go. On the other hand, I'd do every thick client with AMD's tri-core Phenom and AMD's integrated ATI graphics chipset, now that the specs for ATI graphics are once again open. Phenom tri-cores are certainly fast enough for any school's thick client--yes, including the GIMP/Photoshop class. Graphic chipset performance becomes a lot more important. Intel's CPU's may be faster, but AMD/ATI RadeonHD graphics kicks Intel's integrated one in the posterior, and for less money. And the RadeonHD 3-D drivers are continuing to improve.... --TP <div class="moz-signature"> _______________________________ Do you <a href="http://www.gnu.org">GNU</a>? <a href="http://www.cmosnetworks.com">Microsoft Free since 2003</a>--the ultimate antivirus protection! </div> </body> </html>