Greetings Please forgive the OT question yet I highly value the experience and wisdom on this list I am wondering if anyone here can address the performance difference between having a processor board with say 256KB L2 *and* 2048KB L3 cache *VERSUS* just having the same processor board with just the L2 cache in a centos server environment... Please figure that all other necessary and related componentry is well above needed amounts and high performance specs for a professional server environment. Thanks in advance!! - rh -- Abba Communications - Internet PO Box 7175 Spokane, WA 99207-7175 www.abbacomm.net