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