Dual Core Support

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Dual Core Support

Paul Campbell-243089

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October 19, 2005 at 3:42 am

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Has anyone any Information/Benchmakrks with regards to support of SQL 2000 Ent edition on 2k3 and the latest Dual Core procs?
We are considering upgrading to Dual Core instead of buying Xeon's with the larger L2 cache, we dont have anything running on the server except SQL.
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Paul

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Chris Hedgate One Orange Chip Points: 25041 More actions · Answer 1

I do not have any benchmarks, but one simple pro for Dual Core procs is that Microsoft only charge you per socket.

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sqlgiant SSC Eights! Points: 985 More actions · Answer 2

Paul -

I have one *almost* in service (Proliant DL585/2 AMD Dual Core 1.8 Ghz).

Once I resolve my SID issues (moved between standalone servers) I can give you some generic benchmarks, but they are relative to my environment and probably not so helpful for you.

If you are interested in the industry benchmarks, the AMD website has some Proliant specific benchmark data.

Here's an article I reviewed and it made me a believer:

http://firingsquad.com/print_article.asp?current_section=Hardware&fs_article_id=1650

Stuart

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sqlgiant SSC Eights! Points: 985 More actions · Answer 3

I found some of the SQL Server references I had as well;

ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/benchmarks/dl585dc-sap.pdf

http://www.tpc.org/tpcc/results/tpcc_result_detail.asp?id=105042002

Stuart

"Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish" - Ovid