Benjamin Smith lists@benjamindsmith.com wrote:
Now, we're moving to Opteron-based servers, and I just was wondering if it's reasonable to expect that, in a
worst-case
scenario, we could get an Athlon/64 system locally, and
have
it work, even if not optimally.
Yes, Athlon 64 and Opteron are virtually identical from that standpoint. The only issues you'd have are chipset/peripheral, just like any other change.
Just checking the accuracy of the data behind my decisions. (I've turned down Xeon servers for this reason)
Yes, there is less difference between Opteron and Athlon 64 than Xeon and Pentium 4.
-- Bryan
P.S. Any reason you don't keep around a spare Socket-754 Sempron 64 system then? I mean, they are _dirt_cheap_ (like $300 for case/MB/CPU/memory).