> > Ok, the production server is a Celeron 433, 512 MEgs of PC100 ECC RAM, 2
18
> > Gig Ultra 160 SCSI drives (only running at 80 megs since we dono't have
a
> > 64-bit PCI slot).
> >
> > There is a big upgrade planned for this box when the motherboard we're
> > waiting for comes out..
> >
> > The development server is a PII450, 128 Megs of RAM and Ultra 2 SCSI
> > drives.. However it's running several other things other than the
database
> > and webserver so it has a small load.
>
> Wait, correct me if I'm wrong, but the more powerful CPU is in your
> development server?
>
> My understanding is that a Celeron is a chop'd up PII ... my first
> recommendation here is that if you are running a *server*, get rid of that
> Celeron ... from what I've been told about the difference, Celeron is a
> great, cheap chip for using in a desktop environment (its what I use at
> home), but shy away from it in a server environment, as the speed
> reduction of the reduced cache alone will hurt things ...
Ooooooooooh you're preaching to the choir. I know, I'm argueing with someone
about this as we speak.
A Celeron is basically a PII with 128k of full-speed cache. NOT a server
processor, I know but sadly I can't do much about it at this point.. It's my
understanding that "we" want to wait for an AMD board that has a 64-bit PCI
slot because "we" don't like the i840 chipset for some reason "we" can't
understand.
As you can tell, I'm a bit upset about the whole thing..
-Mitch
