The company I work for have a number of Compaqs - including a large quantity of Compaq servers. My own work workstation - from where I'm writing this email - is a PIII 450MHz Compaq, with an 8Gb SCSI drive and 128Mb RAM. It is crap. On paper, the spec is great - it really is - but in practise... I had a small Toshiba PII 300 with 64Mb in and that is faster than this. I don't want flames, neither! Kev
-----Original Message----- From: Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk [mailto:Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk] Sent: 01 June 2000 13:10 To: Raghavendra R Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] System slow with 6.3
Hi,
Please note - This posting is not a Troll/Flamebait etc, but from experience...
** I understand 810 may not be a good processor to use as a server.
Very true (810 is the chipset though).
** But, previous to this we had installed 6.2 on another Compaq with a Intel ** PIII 440BX with 256 Mb Ram. Even on this m/c, 6.2 Linux showed the same ** behavior of hanging / slowing down appreciabely when users work remotely ** or run some system commands or copy some big files.
Notice two things common between the systems: Compaq.
Just because Compaq has a big name, doesnt make their hardware well supported, reliable and predictable. My company (a pretty large one), has 800 odd workstations and 30 odd servers custom built using genuine Intel boards and processors. These have never experienced this kind of problem. We actually dropped Compaq as a viable solutions provider as their hardware wasn't consistant and/or reliable.
** Even here, the 'top' ** and free commands always seem to show the used memory at around 70 to 80 ** % of the total memory of 256 Mb even just after booting. So, we cannot ** unilaterally blame it on 810.
No, lets unilaterally blame it on Compaq.
I suggest you go out and grab some bits to build your own system from precise requirements and shop parts. Get an Asus or Intel GX/BX board and use that. Do it and see the difference. See why you are throwing your cash down the toilet.
Other people's opinions on Compaq are invited.
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