Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 14:36:05 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@icsmx.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: advice with old equipment. Message-ID: <3A37F9D5.60185563@urx.com> References: <5.0.2.1.2.20001213113345.01c9c580@intranet.com.mx>
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Jorge Biquez wrote: > > Hello all. > I was wondering if you could give me your advice with the following. > > I have 2 "old" machines: > > 1 Pentium PRO DOUBLE Processor 200 Mhz. 256 RAM.2 Disks of 4 GB each one. > 1 Pentium II 350 Mhz. 128 RAM. 2 Disks of 4 GB each one. > > Both machines have been running FreeBSD or NT4 for different periods of > time without problems. Those were machines to use in any emergency. New > equipment arrived and I need to decided what to do with them. The machines > will run only as web servers with a database running some sites of the > company. > > My question is. What would be your advice on which machine will perform > better with FreeBSD? and Why? Well, it depends on the P-II 350. If you have one with PC-100 memory, it can out perform the dual machine by 50% because of the memory bandwidth. The rule of 1.8 times the cpu speed for duals would have the PPro only out performing a P-II 350 with PC-66 memory. If you need parallel processes, then the dual machine can be faster but I can't guess when. I think a lot of people have webservers on older system. I think either would be adequate unless your have a lot of cgi and then you never have a fast enough cpu? The older one with 256MB does have an advantage because when you start swapping. The effective memory speed drops more than a factor of 2 or so. I usually tell people that it is 10ns vs 10ms but that isn't always a realworld fact. Kent > > If you feel like answering me and not to waste bandwidth please do it here: > jbiquez@icsmx.com > > Thanks in advance. > > JB > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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