Dual vs Quad core

• sjs-36273

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  November 15, 2007 at 9:52 am

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  I am buying new hardware for a web database server running Server 2003 and SQL 2000 SP4. Upgrade to SQL 2005 should happen in about 6 months. I only want to buy a single Xeon processor due to license cost issues. Would it be worth buying a quad core processor over a dual core? For a similar price, I can get a 3.0 dual core Xeon or a 2.33 quad core Xeon. Any recommendations?

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• Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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  November 29, 2007 at 7:57 am

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  Hard to say on that, but everyone seems to be recommending quad cores where possible.

• SQL_ABD

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  November 29, 2007 at 8:21 am

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  Hi sjs,

  Check the following post

  Regards,

  Ahmed