Hi forum.
At work we have a process ... compile a ARM-based code to load into a cell phone ... that takes about 3 hours on our current machine:
HP xw6600 Workstation
-- Quad Xeon E5405 2.00 GHz, 2x6 MB L2, 1333MHz FSB
-- Intel 5400 chipset
-- 3 GB DDR2-667 ECC
-- SATA, 500GB
At another location, they managed to get the speed down to 40 minutes using the following configuration:
HP DL380G5 Server
-- Dual Xeon E5335
-- 8Gb FDB PC2-667
-- 6x 146dB 10krpm SAS configured in some kind of a RAID
So now I am trying to build a system to improve speed at my site. I'm looking at duplicating the HP DL380GS Server solution but what bothers me is I cannot find a server motherboard that takes the latest DDR3-1600 memories. So I'm thinking instead of the server solution I will try a variation on the current $4500 System Builder's Marathon:
-- Q9650
-- 8GB DDR3-1600
-- 2 300G 15krpm SAS configured as RAID 1
-- SAS PCI or PCIE card
My thinking is I think the Q9650/DDR3-1600 is higher performing, and I'm not seeing an advantage with having a server motherboard. Can I have the expert opinion of folks in this forum as to whether I'm failing to consider something here?
Thanks so much I would really appreciate your feedback.
At work we have a process ... compile a ARM-based code to load into a cell phone ... that takes about 3 hours on our current machine:
HP xw6600 Workstation
-- Quad Xeon E5405 2.00 GHz, 2x6 MB L2, 1333MHz FSB
-- Intel 5400 chipset
-- 3 GB DDR2-667 ECC
-- SATA, 500GB
At another location, they managed to get the speed down to 40 minutes using the following configuration:
HP DL380G5 Server
-- Dual Xeon E5335
-- 8Gb FDB PC2-667
-- 6x 146dB 10krpm SAS configured in some kind of a RAID
So now I am trying to build a system to improve speed at my site. I'm looking at duplicating the HP DL380GS Server solution but what bothers me is I cannot find a server motherboard that takes the latest DDR3-1600 memories. So I'm thinking instead of the server solution I will try a variation on the current $4500 System Builder's Marathon:
-- Q9650
-- 8GB DDR3-1600
-- 2 300G 15krpm SAS configured as RAID 1
-- SAS PCI or PCIE card
My thinking is I think the Q9650/DDR3-1600 is higher performing, and I'm not seeing an advantage with having a server motherboard. Can I have the expert opinion of folks in this forum as to whether I'm failing to consider something here?
Thanks so much I would really appreciate your feedback.