Re: All else equal - Dual 800 MHz or Quad 550 MHz Xeons - on NT4.0?

Stephen Wellman wrote:
>
> I have a client who is wants me to help size a sever for their Oracle
> database (probably 10 GB in 2 years). They can't decide to buy a dual 800
> MHz
> PIII system or a quad 550 MHz Xeon server running NT 4.0 SP5. Can anyone
> help? All else equal, which system configuration would be faster? I realize
> this is somewhat of a lame question, but any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Stephen

Certainly a LOT of things other than cpu are important, but in the world of Oracle (and its obsession with all things parallel) I would go for the 4 cpus.

HTH

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