Robert Klemme wrote:
> On 29.10.2007 16:26, DA Morgan wrote:
>> Matthias Hoys wrote:
>>>> For the most part this is not true if you have the same CPU, same bus
>>>> speed, etc.
>
> You can never have the same CPU in a PC (aka Intel architecture) and a
> Sparc machine. What am I missing here?
>
>>>> What is often the case is that desktop PCs have a 133MHz bus while the
>>>> server motherboards are 266MHz or higher.
>>>> --
>>>
>>> Are you talking about the PCI bus speed or the front-side bus ? Most
>>> modern PC's (for example Intel Core 2 Duo) have much higher
>>> front-side bus speeds, ranging between 533 and 1066 and even 1333 MHz.
>>>
>>> Matthias
>>
>> PCI ... but it holds true throughout the architecture. Server boards can
>> often do what desktop boards can not. You would have a very hard time
>> finding a desktop board, for example, that would know what to do with a
>> 4GB HBA card.
>
> Sorry, Daniel I'm not getting you here either: with "server board" are
> you referring to "PC server boards" or "Sparc machines"?
>
> Somehow I get the impression we are talking past each other: I
> contrasted Intel PC with Sparc machine and questioned the superiority of
> Sparc machines with regard to throughput (IO) but I fail to match your
> reply...
>
> Kind regards
>
> robert
PC ... Intel or AMD.
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Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
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Received on Mon Oct 29 2007 - 20:25:05 CDT
