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file server which would be better?

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clark45

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hey all
i have 2 computers just sitting here and i was thinking of just slapping a bigger harddrive in one of them and using it as a centteral place to store some files for my home network

im just curious which of these two do you think would work better

System 1
1.2 Celeron (cant remember if its the 128 or 256 cache)
384 RAM

System 2
1.8 P4
256 RAM (dual channel) not that it really matters


im just curious which you think would work better greater speed or the more RAM
i dont play on upgrading either. just as they are shown

thanks clark
 
i agree celerons tend to be pretty bad
but i was wondering since it has more RAM
and since the RAM in both is relatively low. i was concerened tho that even with the faster clock of the P4 that it wouldnt be as good since the RAM may be bottlenecking it before the extra 600 mhz mattered
the P4 only has a 256k L2 cache

thanks
clark
 
File servers usually don't use too much CPU but would certainly make use of that memory. If that is all you have to work with I would go with the Celeron and the 384mb of memory combination.
 
Toss-up IMHO. Either CPU will drive the hard drive fast enough. The extra memory would come into play if the server was doing multi-user tasks, but if not, either would be fine.
 
If it's ONLY for files....like swapping music/movies/other files, then the celeron would be fine w/ the extra memory...I'm assuming you cannot swap the memory into the other box.
 
That P4 is a Willamette core, they don't compare well to the Tualatin Celeron 1.2Ghz which is what you have there.

Personally, I'd opt for the Celeron. According to Intel's s-spec finder it draws about half the power (~30W vs 66W of the P4) and is probably close to the same performance. And probably has a quieter CPU cooler. Less noise, less heat, less power = the win. :p
 
seconded on the tually celeron. they overclock well too if you've got that urge :)
and are easier to cool and all that. the willamette P4 probably has RDRAM, that's why he can't swap it out or upgrade it. see if you can trade that p4 system for upgrades on that other fileserver, get a raid card, more memory, etc. fs/ft forums are our friends.
 
yeah the P4 has RDRAM which kinda sucks since i would have liked to switch them out but oo well
no OCing since they are all gateway rigs, just had them laying around and my mom was going into the cities and i told her to get a cheap harddrive if she found and she did

i used your advice and went with the celeron
my friend has some more RAM for it possibly(if he didnt fry it) and i may be able to up it 512 which is another reason i decided to go with the Celeron

thanks all for your help

clark
 
Its a toss up.

Raw CPU power they are both very similar.

1.2 Celeron is based on the tualatin (Pentium3 core) with 256KB L2 cache

and the 1.8 Pentium only has 256KB L2 but is probably almost 50% slower per clock so at 1.8 its probably the same amount of processing power.

The P4 should have a little more bandwidth available to it, but at a higher latency, so its another toss up. more bandwidth or lower latency. For serving usually low latency is better.

End result = flip a coin, they both suck about equally! :)

Personally, I'd probably go with the 1.2 Celeron.
 
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