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Rackmount server specifications
Hi All,
I was looking into putting together a server meant to be co-located in a datacenter. The system is meant to be among other things, a web server, ftp server database server, and run a data collection program. It got me to thinking about what the best bang for buck server might be. I priced some 1u servers, but they all seem to be P4, Xeon and Opteron systems. From what I understand, heat is a big issue for 1u servers, especially if they're stacked on top of each other on a rack. On top of that, the above mentioned CPUs are relatively hot, making matters worse. It's been pretty hard to find out info on Athlon servers, so hopefully I can get some helpful information here. AFAIK, all Athlons, including XPs and XP-Ms, and not just the MPs are SMP capable. Is that not the case? MPs give an edge in SMP configurations though. I'm looking at a configuration of: 1u case and ps 2x200GB EIDE HD CD-ROM 1GB RAM 1u height video card (instead of finding an on-board GPU) On-board NIC On-board RAID 1 MB CPU(s) Irrespective of the uses I intend above, for web serving purposes, how does this setup sound? Is it worth the extra MB and CPU cost to go to SMP to handle a higher count of user request? I know that Xeons, P4s and Opterons may give better absolute performance, but I'm trying to get the best bang/buck any info appreciated thanks Phil |
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