Re: [CentOS] maximum cpus/cores in CentOS 4.1

Lamar Owen lowen@pari.edu wrote:

Certainly the 8x Opteron will be faster on many things; but under heavy multiuser load the 14-way SPARC does a surprisingly good job, with around three quarters the performance of a dual 3GHz Xeon (that outclasses the SPARC box in every way possible except interconnect)

STOP THE MADNESS!!!

Do _not_ use the Xeon as an example of how a SPARC would perform versus the Opteron. The Interconnect of the Xeon and Opteron are extremely different! So don't use them in the same context.

I'm begging! ;->

NOTE: There is a major reason why Sun is switching to Opteron. SPARC can't match it interconnect-wise, at least up to 8x S940. Beyond 8x S940, things change.