From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MSbO9-0004f7-44 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:45:33 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C213CE01A4; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:45:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx01.admin-box.com (mx01.admin-box.com [78.47.249.108]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBB31E01A4 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:45:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx01.admin-box.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE04D201EC13 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:45:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mx01.admin-box.com Received: from mx01.admin-box.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx01.admin-box.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id y9fxTg5W3RTd for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:45:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.137] (e178014212.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.178.14.212]) (Authenticated sender: daniel@troeder.de) by mx01.admin-box.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 125BF2024B37 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:45:22 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} AMD Barcelona vs. Intel Harpertown (also 10k vs 15k RPM) From: Daniel Troeder To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10907190746p6db98c94y5a7a432951880ac7@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10907190746p6db98c94y5a7a432951880ac7@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:45:20 +0200 Message-Id: <1248029120.1840.4.camel@mayo.local> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 23af028f-b83c-4e46-9542-cff51923fa67 X-Archives-Hash: ada9e3b33cb7f19dfdad2af52373030f On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 07:46 -0700, Grant wrote: > I'm trying to decide between an AMD Barcelona or an Intel Harpertown > quad-core CPU for a web/database server. The Intel would have a 5% > lower clock speed. I've read that Harpertown outperforms Barcelona > (by 20%?), but that the quad-core implementation isn't as good on the > Harpertown. It's surprisingly difficult to get comparative benchmarks > on these at similar clock speeds. Does anyone know which of these > should perform better in a web/database server? I support AMD on my > non-critical systems, but I need performance for this server. > > I'm also trying to decide between a 2.5" 10k HD vs. a 3.5" 15k HD. > I've read that the 15k yields about a 20% I/O performance boost so I > think I'll go for it. I won't be using RAID at all. > > - Grant > I won't be using RAID at all. If uptime is of no concern to you, then why even bother about speed?