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To: Yousef who wrote (25728)	11/9/1997 8:42:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (2) of 1580045

Yousef Not many departments/people will want a low performance (<=233mhz), single processor server ... it is too limiting. Where networking started, and where majority of networking still is is a simple sharing of files. File servers are not limited by the speed of the processor. A slow Pentium 100 is more than enough. Where enhancement in access of the server come is more RAM, higher bandwith of the network. I don't have enough experience with database servers and web servers to know how much these depend on the processor. But one thing is clear: The speed of your processor becomes limitation only if the data you are serving is in RAM. The difference between accessing data from RAM or disk is so great that the difference between 233 MHz CPU and 300 Mhz CPU is irrelevant. Can you imagine having to go get another company purchase order signed because the AMD server that you bought can't be upgraded to a second processor ... could be career limiting !! The upgrade is a myth. People don't upgrade. People replace stuff. BTW, how do you "upgrade" to a second Pentium when the motherboard in your server is supports only 1 CPU? Joe

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