On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Troy Dawson wrote:

> Christoph P. Kukulies wrote:
>> We are considering buying a server for a memory intensive application.
>> It should have at least 32 GB RAM and a Intel or AMD CPU.
>>
>> The application is single threaded, single CPU, that is, in no way
>> optimized for multiple CPUS or multithreading, which does not mean it
>> could be optimized for such in the future, but not at the moment.
>>
>> Memory throughput should be optimal. The data to be processed should
>> reside all in RAM, paging should be avoided by all means.

In general AMD cpu's have better memory performance than Intel .

>>
>> Would the following choice of hardware be supported by a 64-bit
>> Scientific Linux?:
>>
>>   o Tyan Tempest i5000PT (S5283) mainboard
>>   o Intel XEON 5080 3730 MHz Diual Core CPU
>>   o 32 GB RAM
>>   o 3Ware 9590SE-8MI PCIe 4x
>>
>> Any comments welcome.
>>
>> --
>> Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kukulies (at) rwth-aachen.de
>
> Any AMD or Intel dual core has 64 bit capabilities and will run S.L. x86_64.
> Actually, as far as I know, any AMD or Intel CPU made in the past year has that
> capabilities.
> The motherboard has an intel chipset, which is supported, though sometimes you
> have to have the latest release.  So that should work.
> I'm not positive about the 3ware card, I don't have any experience with the
> newer one's, but I believe that one is supported.  Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
> And x86_64 can handle 32 Gig of ram as long as the motherboard can.
>
> Troy
>

-Connie Sieh