Was [Gllug] Best option for a lot of compute power

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 10:58:55AM +0100, David Goodwin wrote:
> Luke Hopkins wrote:
> >Have been following this thread with interest. We run web services which
> >are very db & disk intensive.
> >We had planned on ordering some Dell 1750's (XEON with HT), but the
> >concensus seems to be that's not the best option?
> >Would opterons be better for this purpose? Would we then need to run a
> >64 bit OS? Reccomendations?
> >
> 
> Hi,
> 
> You don't need to use a 64 bit O/S for opterons - I've installed the 
> standard x86 SLES8 on one with no problems. If you do use a 64bit 
> version O/S you gain the advantage of being able to access more memory etc.

More importantly you'll eliminate the highmem mapping overhead which
with a standard 1GB/3GB split is 3-4%, with a .05/3.5GB split can
be even higher. If you need a single process to address > 3.5 GB
of memory you've no choice but to go 64bit.

Dan.
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