[THIN] Re: Server Specs
- From: "Evan Mann" <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:32:54 -0400
You can purchase the 2850 with Dual Core 2.8ghz Xeon, but it is a pricey
upgrade of $959/cpu full retail. I have no idea what dual core
Operton's cost however for comparison.
More importantly perhaps would be if the Citrix claim of 3x more users
is from a true 64bit CPU like an Operton, or if they achieved the same
results on an EM64T "64 bit" CPU like the Intel Xeon's.
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Stephenson
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 5:52 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Server Specs
Hi Keith,
If your not totally committed to Dell you may want to consider a
server which has Dual-Core AMD 64 bit CPU's. From a quick search I
discovered that Sun now sell a 1U server based on a pair of these CPU's,
its the Sun Fire V20z (
http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/v20z/index.jsp).
While most people are not rushing into 64 bit Windows you may
find that you want to install a 64 bit O/S on these servers at a later
date, in the meantime you will get the performance benefit of Dual-core
architecture.
As a bit of background info you may want to read the Whitepaper
recently put out by Citrix on x64 Windows -
http://support.citrix.com/kb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=924&externalI
D=CTX107341&fromSearchPage=true
Cheers,
Martin.
On 10/12/05, Keith Sirmons <KSirmons@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Howdy,
I'm quoting some servers from Dell and wanted to get the
opinions of all of the Citrix people out there in cyber space.
These servers (three of them) will be hosting Microsoft
Office products, Novell GroupWise, and 1 vb app (16MB memory
usage/user) that is the front end to a SQL database held on another
server to 180 users.
All user data will be stored on a Novell server
accessible through a mapped drive.
I'm looking at the Dell Poweredge 1850 with dual 3.8
Xeons /2MB Cache, 4GB RAM, and raid 1.
I plan on using 2 73GB 15k RPM Drives.
What raid controllers do you use? The embedded one
(PERC4ei), PERC4eDC-PCI Express (+$415 ), or the PERC4/DC for an extra
$415?
From your experiences, am I asking too much from these
servers, or should I have more?
Thank you for your continued support. This list rocks.
You guys have given me answers for questions I did not know I needed to
ask.
Keith Sirmons
Keith Sirmons
Microcomputer/LAN Administrator
College of Veterinary Medicine
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