IBM Xeon MP-3.0GHz Processor
Part #: 13N0710
Sellers Found: 11
Lowest Price: $5,059.50

Do you really notice a performance increase with having more than one
processor in an SMP configuration?

I am sure you do but jeez the prices.


D.H.

I just flipped a file server from a Compaq DL380 G2 [dual PIII] to a DL580
quad Xeon and saw the sustained file transfer speed go from 6.25MB/sec
[DL380] to 8.65MB/sec [Xeon] on a 100Mbs Ethernet. The transfer speed from
folder to folder on the same array [spanned volume] was measured at
35MB/sec.

It is too bad that they're pricey b/c they do make a difference.
"David Halpern" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:erZfc.13369$(E-Mail Removed)...
> IBM Xeon MP-3.0GHz Processor
> Part #: 13N0710
> Sellers Found: 11
> Lowest Price: $5,059.50
>
> Do you really notice a performance increase with having more than one
> processor in an SMP configuration?
>
> I am sure you do but jeez the prices.
>
>
> D.H.
>
>
>

"David Halpern" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> Lowest Price: $5,059.50

That is about the price of a high end DEC or DG
main processor board back around 1980.