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Hello,
I have two dell workstations
1.
Dual 300Mhz PentiumII
66Mhz bus
256MB Memory
SCSI HD
2.
Single 550Mhz PentiumIII
100Mhz bus
256MB Memory
IDE HD
I want to use one of the machines as a web server running WinNT 4.0 IIS 4.0. Generally speaking which of these two machines is faster, and why?
Thanks,
Joe
I have two dell workstations
1.
Dual 300Mhz PentiumII
66Mhz bus
256MB Memory
SCSI HD
2.
Single 550Mhz PentiumIII
100Mhz bus
256MB Memory
IDE HD
I want to use one of the machines as a web server running WinNT 4.0 IIS 4.0. Generally speaking which of these two machines is faster, and why?
Thanks,
Joe
I would have to agree with that, except for one thing.
If you system is going to have a lot of disk access, you will be much better off with SCSI disks. I would take the SCSI disks out of the P2-300 and put them in the P3-550. That would be best.
If you system is going to have a lot of disk access, you will be much better off with SCSI disks. I would take the SCSI disks out of the P2-300 and put them in the P3-550. That would be best.
I believe the 550Mhz processor will make a better option. I have to agree with jjeff1 that it'll make a better option to change the SCSI HD to replace the IDE HD. SCSI are faster.
If the motherboard and the BIOS support UltraDMA (33 or 66), then the IDE disks will perform approximately the same as the SCSI disks.
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I can't switch the scsi disks with the ide.
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i'd agree that the dual processor machine would be faster, it's got the scsi disk. but i also agree that there is a bottle neck with the bus.
the dual processor machine would be faster, though i think that maybe if you took the 100 bus and stuck it into the dual processor machine, you will have a better setup overall
the dual processor machine would be faster, though i think that maybe if you took the 100 bus and stuck it into the dual processor machine, you will have a better setup overall
i'd agree that the dual processor machine would be faster, it's got the scsi disk. but i also agree that there is a bottle neck with the bus.
the dual processor machine would be faster, though i think that maybe if you took the 100 bus and stuck it into the dual processor machine, you will have a better setup overall
the dual processor machine would be faster, though i think that maybe if you took the 100 bus and stuck it into the dual processor machine, you will have a better setup overall
evileban
How can he do that ?
How can he do that ?
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Shouldn't there be a button next to TheNever's comment so I can accept it as an answer?
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never mind
1) Not all applications are designed to take advantage of multiple processors, and I don't think you web server software would.
2) You will not receive full processor availability of the DUAL pentium computer due to the overhead of managing the traffic to and from the processors.
3) A bottleneck exists in the first system also, with the 66Mhz bus.
If someone can discredit this go ahead, I am always looking to learn more. Please provide supporting articles so I can read them also.