I think you mean http://www.monarchcomputer.com/ -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of William A. Mahaffey III Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:12 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] dual xeon Ian mu wrote: >Can't comment on the performance aspect as haven't tested an Opteron >setup, but I've typically not gone for them myself as it seems hard to >find a decent place (in the uk anyway) that supplies them as cheap >prebuilt rackservers with after sales cover. I could build them myself >cheaper, but I can buy xeon servers cheaper prebuilt especially if >after sales service wanted. > >That may just be my experience and I don't know any places where others >buy their opteron servers from though, but I always find this one odd. >Guessing might just be some of the bigger companies selling have better >deals with intel, or just don't want to go down the opteron route? > >Any recommended suppliers that also do cover (don't think Dell do >opterons do they?) > >On 8/24/05, Peter Farrow <peter at farrows.org> wrote: > > >>I agree, >> >>Dual opterons are better and cheaper than Chipzilla's Xeons... >> >> >> >>Bards1888 wrote: >> >> >> >>>Joeffrey Betita wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>hello people we will be buying dual xeon processor for our server >>>>what iso image should i download? thank you very much. >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>CentOS mailing list >>>>CentOS at centos.org >>>>http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>It may be too late but have you considered dual opterons instead of >>>the Xeons ? Opterons are *true*server CPUs and are implemented in a >>>server centric architectiure unlike the Xeon which is basically a P4 >>>that can do SMP. >>> >>>For typical server workloads you'll notice a big benefit with the >>>opterons. >>> >>>All the best. >>> >>> If you can tolerate mail order, try www.monarch.com .... -- William A. Mahaffey III --------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, ignorance is bliss, but willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!! _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos