[Zope] Intel vs AMD

[ken]

Myroslav,

You bring up some good points:

Myroslav Opyr at 23:59 (UTC+0200) on Mon, 9 Dec 2002 said:

= ken wrote:
= 
= >I'd recommend *not* going with AMD.  See the link in my sig.
= >  
= >
= I've read that information. Ok, I understand your frustration but:

Yeah, there was a lot of frustration the first year, but it's just a 
fact of life now.  I guess I should rewrite my doc now that my mood is 
different.  Genuinely I was just offering a warning.  AMD doesn't stand 
behind their products, certainly didn't honor their guarantee with me.


= 1) Server do not have AGP card installed (and cares not about GUI)

This is absolutely true.  Some people like to have the option, when 
sitting at the server, to be able to bring up X, open several windows, 
avail oneself of visual diagnostics, etc.  I've worked on servers both 
ways.  Having a GUI makes life easier.  But that's my personal 
preference.


= 2) Server MB is usually built on chipset better then VIA (probably 
= AMD-760 MP)

True.  I specifically asked for a MB without a VIA chipset.


= 3) Server can avoid running Linux (FreeBSD can do the job).

IIRC, BSD is subject to the same cache coherency problem.  I should say 
"was" actually.  Newer kernel code fixes the bug, I've read.


= 
= Is there any flat statistics? Server running AMD processor hanged each 
= week, Server running dual-AMD Athlon MP processor showed -325 pystones 
= compared to 5468 pystones on Intel Celeron. Again I am not for not 
= against AMD or Intel, I'm interested in numbers...
= 
= m.
=