Author: Steven Edwards
Date: 07:58:29 08/24/03
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On August 23, 2003 at 21:51:50, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote:
>I'm just fixing to start ordering componets for a dual Opteron. I want to go
>with Windows Server 2003 because it will run both 32 and 64 bit Programs. Does
>Anyone see any problems with 2003 as a operating system for the Opteron. All
>Your comments are welcome.
I would go with Linux instead; that's what I have running on my dual P3
rackmount. It's running headless with Red Hat 9.0 using the standard SMP kernel
and everything seems to work fine.
[sje@joni sje]$ uptime
10:51:43 up 20 days, 17:54, 1 user, load average: 2.00, 2.00, 2.00
Had a power failure three weeks ago due to a thunderstorm.
At the very least, reserve a partition on one of the drives for Linux so that
you'll be able to do performance tests on your chess software without Microsoft
overhead. Plus, way fewer viruses to worry about.
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