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Dedicated web server using Duron?
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:25 am
by Defender
A friend of mine is looking into purchasing a dedicated server to host a few of his sites, as well as re-host some as well.
The only thing is the server he's looking at is running a AMD Duron 1.3ghz.
I know the Duron is a low end (aka "budget") cpu, but how does it perform as far stability is concerned?
I did some googling, but nothing really seemed to touch on this aspect of the chip.
Just it's performance (ala benchmarks) and price etc.
Thanks.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:44 am
by CDN_Merlin
Need RAM and HD space for server not CPU much.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:45 am
by Defender
Ya, but it's just the CPU I'm curious about.
Wondering as a budget CPU how stable it is.
Most likely, the server will just be running Linux, Apache, Tomcat, MySQL and/or PostgreSQL.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:59 am
by CDN_Merlin
It should work fine. from what I remember, the Duron and Celeron's just have less onboard cache but it runs at full cpu speed.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:31 pm
by STRESSTEST
that duron is way more then enough
The SQN servers were favorites on the west coast when bob had his T1. They were only 933MHz if I remember right.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 1:36 pm
by Defender
Well, I'm not talking about speed, but reliability.
I was wondering if the server was more likely (how much more?) to go down if it's running a Duron instead of an XP or P4 etc..
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:18 pm
by Dev_Null
The Duron architecture is tried and true, no worries with stability and such. There wouldn't be any difference between the XP, the P4 and the Duron anyways, so yeah don't worry about that. As far as stability, I would worry more about RAM and power supply.
~Dev
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 3:01 pm
by Mr. Perfect
It's cheap because it's got lower performance, not because it's got lower quality.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 3:44 pm
by Vindicator
FWIW, no stability problems here with my Duron 700 running Folding 24/7.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 4:16 pm
by Mobius
If he's thinking about commercial hosting, he's in for a nasty shock. Give it to someone else. He doesn't need the hassle, and if he thinks hosting is hassle free, he's dreaming.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:03 pm
by MD-2389
Unless you're hosting a whole bunch of people at once running all kinds of scripts and the like, that Duron will be more than enough. Hell, I overclocked the ★■◆● out of my old duron 700 a couple years back and it ran quite stable. They may not be the most powerful chips on the block, but they're damn reliable.