Mieke Banderas wrote:
>I wonder how much faster Linux could run on my G3 server hardware. I
>would have lots of work replacing all the built in services in Mac OS X
>Server to give me all that control also in Linux, buy maybe I have to.
>I'm a bit cashstrapped for new hardware, so I need to get as much
>performance I can. Or perhaps I should try to get a PC just for the DBs.
Consider used or obsolete equipment, perhaps in parallel (distributed), and
probably dedicated to the task. If the x86's on Linux are really that much
better at running MySQL, then you should be able to use a relatively puny
x86 machine and get performance comparable to or even exceeding what you're
fretting about now with your G3. Then the bottleneck might become ethernet
saturation.
First, though, I strongly suggest making your own measurements yourself, on
your own. The anandtech article used a G5 and 10.4 and gobs of RAM, while
you're using a G3 and 10.2 and unspecified amounts of RAM. Worlds apart in
hardware and software, so a bit premature to become alarmed over the
anandtech article alone.
If you need speed, you have to pay for it, either with time or with cash.
If you choose to pay with time, you can always change your mind later and
pay with cash. It all depends on why you need the speed, whether you can
afford the time, and what your ROI expectations are.
-- GG
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