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To: Joe NYC who wrote (25729)	11/9/1997 11:09:00 PM
From: Yousef	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580032

Jozef, Re: "I don't have enough experience with database servers and web servers to know how much these depend on the processor ..." I can tell you don't have first hand experience using a "department" server ... many departments have application that ARE run on the server. Good examples are E-mail (such as cc:Mail) or telephone/address directories. When running applications on servers, mid-range performance CPU's from AMD and Cyrix just won't "cut it" ... BTW, how many AMD/Cyrix servers are there in the market, I rest my case !! Make It So, Yousef

To: Joe NYC who wrote (25729)	11/9/1997 11:58:00 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580032

Josef; Can the server not use the RAM as cache to then take advantage of the CPU speed. Obviously the server will serve packets and will order the packets by some rules, get then and serve them from disc at first and then from cache as it might just know what comes next with the packet strings and clients in it's minds eye. True there will be misses and hits, but a fast drive and fast CPU will optimize these. The difference between a drive access at 6-8 MS and a bus/memory access at 66+ MHZ is quite vast, being well over 1000:1, however a good server will be able to use the ram for some portion of the load at higher speeds, and in addition will have more time to do the housekeeping to optimize all of those tasks, as that housekeeping can be quite processor intensive. So there will be some point where another CPU will speed the tasks, with 200 clients or some such load, and will that Compaq have space for another CPU is a valid point. However I too am not a network specialist, perhaps one will speak and slay the dragon. Bill