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Quote Rick Taylor:Quote Peter C:Quote Rick Taylor:
What would be wrong with putting a dual core processor in the Tyan and putting another in the other slot at some point in the future? What would be wrong with using a single processor for a while?
One dual-core Opteron is significantly more expensive than two equivalent single-core Opterons, each of which is similalrly priced to the eqivalant dual-core X2.
Yes... they are. By the time you really need them they will be old hat and the prices should be considerably lower.
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But that still leaves you with the Tyan and one Opteron 275 as your upfront cost in order to match the power of the X2 solution, which comes to $2100 vs $800 for the X2.
My objection is simple - the investement and future proofing do not justify the extra upfront cost (IMO).
Peter
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