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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 252.09-0.3%3:59 PM EST
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To: tecate78732 who wrote (257558)12/25/2008 10:54:36 PM
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Re: I have never worked anywhere that changed out just the chip, when it is time for new severs, we buy all new servers.

Pretty much the same here, with some exceptions (I had one site swap in quad core Barcelonas for dual core Opterons in a load balanced cluster when user volume took a big jump).

What helps us is that when we buy additional servers, we can buy the same motherboard, fiber HBAs, Raid controllers, etc. The platform administrator techniques and driver set has few or no changes as the parts move from single to dual to quad to ....
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