[K12OSN] Which server would you prefer?

[The Prof]

Hello,

The idea of using both machines for LTSP won't work sadly. As was
suggested in another thread on the mailing list, I'll be using one
machine as a Windows Server and the other machine for a LTSP server.
I'd much rather have the better machine for LTSP than Windows hence my
original question.

I originally posed this question in a way to ensure a fair comparison
between the two machines. Now I know that RAM is a very important
factor, and from what I understand, the Quad Pentium Pro machine can
hold up to 8 GB of RAM, while the P4 can only do 4 GB. If that is the
case, does it sway things in favour of the Quad? I only mention this
now because the Quad will be shipped with 2 GB RAM so I'll have to get
the other modules myself.

Joseph


On 4/26/05, Chris Thomas <cwt137 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Go for the P4 for a few reasons:
> 
> 1. PPro doesn't have MMX, SSE or any of the recent
> instruction sets that speed up operations.
> 
> 2. At most, the quad system would be kind of similar
> to a 800MHz computer.
> 
> 3. If you could underclock the P4 to the speed of the
> PPro, 180 or 200 MHz, I think the P4 would still be
> faster.
> 
> PPros, specially the quads, are ment to hold up to a
> beating. I would use the PPro box in a mission
> critical area people don't care about performance that
> much. For example, LDAP/Samba server, email server,
> proxy server, etc.
> 
> Chris
> 
> --- The Prof <joseph.bishay at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've got 2 possible machines in front of me to make
> > into a server:
> >
> > 1) Pentium IV 3.2 Ghz machine with Hyperthreading
> > and 2 GB RAM
> >
> > 2) Quad Pentium Pro machine with 2 GB RAM
> >
> > Which would you rather run as a k12ltsp server?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Joseph
> >
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