I wanted to explain to my boss why we
ought to buy a true server-class machine (with a PII-Xeon-450) to use as a
platform for NT Server 4.0, rather than continuing to use the Dell
Workstation 410 (with a PII-400) we now use. In other words, I need help
justifying the extra cost of the Xeon-PII for typical NT server tasks.
I know that the premium Intel charges for the PII-Xeon is supposedly
for reliability (more strenuous burn-in and testing??), and that it
delivers performance somewhere between the regular PII and a PIII, but
what are some other reasons why this is a better choice?
To assist in your purchasing decisions
and explanations, check out our new Pentium-III
Xeon and (Pentium 4) Xeon
product and pricing pages.
In short, the Pentium Xeonsare
built for reliability, but especially scalability in
server situations. If your boss is planning to expand (and whose wouldn't
like to?), ease of increasing network & e-commerce bandwidth and
processing speed (through the addition of multiple CPUs) should be a major
consideration. This is where Xeons
shine.
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