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From: "Stephen Wellman" <swellman@chemware.com>
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Subject: All else equal - Dual 800 MHz or Quad 550 MHz Xeons - on NT4.0?
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:55:20 -0500
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I have a client who is wants me to help size a sever for their Oracle
database (probble 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