Hi all,
I caught a killer deal for an HP DL145 rack mount server with a 1.6 GHz
Opteron not really thinking about what I was buying at the time because
I needed a replacement server immediately for a customer and that was
the only one in stock in my price range (got it for $600). Now I'm
looking for a few more rackmounts similar to the DL145 and have a bit of
sticker shock after seeing current prices for said rack mounted servers
(the cheapest DL145 I can find now is around $1000) - okay, "sticker
shock" is a bit of an exaggeration, but I am looking for something in
the $600-$800 range.
The question is whether I should shop around and find an Opteron based
system I'm comfortable with or simply buy something with a Xeon DP in it
- or hell, even a regular Xeon. These systems will be used for some
light http and some heavy perl/mysql webserving stuff (100 low traffic
websites per machine, but some using blogging software like
MovableType). I would also like to replace a DP PIV 2.8 Dell Precision
I'm using as an email server for 400 pop/imap email accounts (running
qmail/vpopmail/courier-imap) with a rackmount for space saving reasons.
The real point or core question is whether the Opteron is worth it in
performance terms. I've always liked AMD as the underdog, but here I
really need bang for the buck on what I'm doing and if the bang isn't
there, it's not worth it for me.
Any comments?
snf
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