What are the model numbers of the servers and Intel CPUs? W/o knowing that, I'd *guess* the 2 x 4 core simply because it is likely to be a newer model with newer and faster components (memory & microarchitecture). Dual core stuff hasnt been produced in a while -- its all 4, 6 or 8 core Xeons today. On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Vladimir Barac <vbarac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Could somebody explain, with as much details as possible, which one would > better option - server with 4 dual core Xeon CPUs or server with 2 quad core > Xeon CPUs? The rest of the setup - memory, storage OS version - is same for > both options. > -- Regards, Greg Rahn http://structureddata.org