I don't like Compaq's workstation products (we standardized on Dell), but do like their servers. They use different chipsets and have parallel peer PCI buses. We've got 2 2500's (PPro 200) running as Novell servers. There've been no hardware issues and the only time I shut them down is for service packs. Performance is good. 10-20% CPU with 1000 users logged in and servicing 150 print queues. Back to the problem at hand. I haven't seen swap mentioned in this discussion. I had my home systems bog down because someone (not mentioning names)forgot to configure the swap space. Also if there is heavy disk I/O and you are using IDE drives, things can get pretty slow. IDE uses a lot of CPU as opposed to SCSI. On Thu, 1 Jun 2000 13:10:03 +0100 Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk wrote:
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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