Re: [Wikitech-l] hardware order

Speaking of the recent hardware order... No one seems to have addressed the issue of ordering Intel based machines over AMD based machines brought up here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hardware_ordered_March_2005 We're getting more bang for our buck when we purchase AMD machines, which is why I assume most of the machines on the purchase list are AMD's. It's not clear what type of P4's (as listed on the order page) are being purposed, however if they are comparable in price to any Opteron, I'd highly suggest going with an Opteron. All of the software we run should run just as easily on an AMD chipset because they support the x86 instruction set. An Opteron has the added advantage of having an on-die memory controller with high bandwidth connections to the memory. This could certain help with the Apaches on retrieval time, it certainly wouldn't hurt. If we are talking about something of lower price than Opterons, it's still true that and AMD will be compatible with our software and provide more bang for the buck. Those who have donated the money for the new hardware expect us to spend it responsibly and to put it to it's best use. We should not waste money when there are clear alternatives. On 4/18/05, Anthere <anthere9(a)yahoo.com> wrote: -- Michael Becker