We have been running a mix of Redhat Linux, Fedora Linux, Kubuntu Linux, and Sun Solaris 8 on our servers and some desktops since Redhat 6.0. It is finally time to replace our last sun server. The only thing that this machine does is share files via nfs to our network of about 50 users and 18 servers. I am trying to decide between a Core 2 Quad Q8200 and a Pentium Dual Core E5400. The Quad is running at 2.33 GHz. The Dual is running at 2.7 GHz. Does anyone have any suggestions as to whether we would notice much difference between the Dual and Quad for performance. I am including a list of the specs. 4u Rackmount Chassis Antec Neo Power 430 430Watt Modular Power Supply Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L Motherboard 4 GB Ram Intel Pentium Dual Core E5400 2.7 GHz Processor or Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33 GHz Processor Western Digital Caviar WD5000AACS 500GB Hard Drive for the O/S Install and temporary backup files. (2) Western Digital Caviar WD7500AACS 750GB Hard Drives using Linux Software Raid for the shared files. Intel PWLA839GT 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet Adapter The Specs of the Sun Server are as follows: Sun Ultra 450 2 Ultra Sparc 400MHz Processors 2GB Ram (4) Seagate Ultra 320 SCSI 36GB Hard Drives 1 Drive for O/S Install 1 Drive for Backup Temporary Files 2 Drives using software raid mirroring for the shared files. 10/100 ethernet adapter Thank you in advance for any suggestions. Jon Shorie Systems Administrator Medina County Sanitary Engineers -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
