We not only running our accounting etc. from this machine we also run an
instance of IEA's RadiutNT database from this machine. (along with a
backup copy of RadiusNT :)
The mahcines are nice we are using IBM Netfinity's to get our jobs done.
Currently have 12 Xeon based machines. And for the post originally. There
is no processor on the market that is optimised for TCP/IP.. They might be
optimised for I/O but software is where TCP/IP is implemented not
hardware.
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(517) 779-2400 Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Matthew Thompson wrote:
> The Xeon has more and possibly faster cache - it's also SMP enabled for quad
> and higher processor clusters.
>
> As for it being enhanced for a network protocol - thats twaddle - each
> TCP/IP stack is written with different code - it would be stupid for Intel
> to try writing optimisation by hand for all the different TCP/IP stacks
> available.
>
> M@t :O)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Drew Halevy [mailto:dhalevy@mc2k.com]
> Sent: 08 January 2000 17:46
> To: ntisp@iea-software.com
> Subject: [NTISP] unrelated NT question-Xeon Processors
>
>
> We are looking to get some new servers, and we have heard the Xeon
> processors are "optimized" for TCP/IP-has anyone on the list used a server
> with Xeon, and if so, have you been happy with the them? are they worth the
> the difference between a PIII-500 and a PIII-500 Xeon? Thanks-Drew
>
>
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