Vantage 8.0 Server

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"Dell claims quad cores in a dual-socket server configuration can
deliver 63% better computing performance, and 40% better performance
per watt, than dual-core processors in four sockets."

YMMV

--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, "Doris Franco" <dfranco@...> wrote:
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> We are currently looking in to buying a new server for Vantage 8.0,
and
> begin testing it in our environment.
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> The hardware requirements that Epicor recommends are, to have 4 Dual
> Core Xeons or better. They also recommend having 4, or more GB of
RAM.
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> When we spoke with our hardware vendor, he recommended that we
should go
> with 2 Quad Xeons instead of 4 Dual Core.
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> The question is which's better?
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> Is there any performance difference between these two?
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> We would also appreciate any other information's that would help us
in
> getting the right hardware for our environment.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Sebastian Jakubowski
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We will be running off of four servers and a SAN for storage.
Here's the
breakdown:

Server 1 (Vantage V8 Server): Windows 2003 Enterprise, Dell PowerEdge
1850, Dual Xeon 3.6GHz Processors, 8GB RAM, Mirrored 72GB SCSI Hard
Drives
Server 2 (SQL Server 2000/Cognos BI Server): Windows 2003 Standard,
Dell
PowerEdge 1850, Dual Xeon 3.6GHz Processors, 4GB RAM, Mirrored 36GB
SCSI
Hard Drives
Server 3 (Applications Server (i.e. AdvanceWare)): Windows 2003
Standard,
Dell PowerEdge 1850, Dual Xeon 3.6GHz Processors, 4GB RAM, Mirrored
36GB
SCSI Hard Drives
Server 4 (Web Server (i.e. ServiceConnect, CustomerConnect)):
Windows 2003
Standard, Dell PowerEdge 1850, Dual Xeon 3.6GHz Processors, 2GB RAM,
Mirrored 36GB SCSI Hard Drives
SAN Storage: Dell/EMC CX300, 200GB dedicated Fiber Storage for
Vantage V8
and SQL Server DB data
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We are currently looking in to buying a new server for Vantage 8.0, and
begin testing it in our environment.



The hardware requirements that Epicor recommends are, to have 4 Dual
Core Xeons or better. They also recommend having 4, or more GB of RAM.



When we spoke with our hardware vendor, he recommended that we should go
with 2 Quad Xeons instead of 4 Dual Core.



The question is which's better?

Is there any performance difference between these two?



We would also appreciate any other information's that would help us in
getting the right hardware for our environment.





Thanks in advance,



Sebastian Jakubowski







This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.


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