Opinion on using AMD Phenom II x6 1090t with Gigabyte 890BPA-UD3H and 8GB DDR-3 as a WebServer.

[Edwin L. Culp W.]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Gary Gatten <Ggatten at waddell.com> wrote:
> Of course it depends on your apps, but unless you're doing some HUGE number of connections, or your apps are .... "not good", this will be MORE than enough RAM and CPU.
>
> Yes, generally speaking "more" of something is always better, in fact our government seems to think more debt is better than less.  However, if you're web apps only need xGB of RAM and y MIPS; what benefit is it to have n * x RAM and n * y MIPS?
>
> Maybe turn this into a virtual host and make some use of that hardware, or just be happy using it at 5% capacity.
>
> G

Thanks Gary.  I've been thinking about the virtual host idea and have
some extra IP's so that might be fun. Traditionally when  I renovate
one may personal servers, I have them running at 5-20% capacity and
within a year, I usually have figured out ways to put most all to use.
 The price difference between a minimal design and something like this
usually not significant.  So this is sounding more and more like a go.

Have a great day,

ed

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> Subject: Opinion on using AMD Phenom II x6 1090t with Gigabyte 890BPA-UD3H and 8GB DDR-3 as a WebServer.
>
> I just saw this box that is being promoted as a gaming machine at a
> great price and am considering it as a web-server.
>
> In addition to having no information on the CPU as a server lack of
> comfort with 6 cores and memory 8GB of memory that I am having a
> problem with.  I am not a gamer but I have always assumed that a
> gaming machine needs the most aggressive hardware.  I have also seen
> this processor with 12 GB rather than 8 which, in my ignorance sounds
> better.
>
> Any opinions and guidance are appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ed
>
> I will be running 9.0 on this as I am already doing on one of my web-servers.
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