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Chris Green <chris@meteora.areti.com> writes:
> On a related subject I have to decide between a 486DX4/100 and a
> NexGen P90 (no FPU) for setting up a RedHat Linux system.  It's main
> function will be as a file server running Samba.
> 
> Which will be better the 486DX/100 or the NexGen?

Well, you mention that the DX4/100 will be VL-Bus, where the P90 will
surely be PCI; go for the PCI one!  Also, Samba's unlikely to need
the FPU... and I think a Pentium should get more done per clock cycle.

> Also I have a choice of SCSI or IDE disks, SCSI will probably be a
> 2742 controller (VL-bus), again which will be better?  I am leaning
> towards SCSI but I'm not totally convinced.

Choice between somewhat faster disks and significantly larger disks
(larger for a given outlay, that is).  I'd need to know more about
your needs to say more.  Bear in mind that Linux busy-waits on IDE but
not on SCSI requests, so it can make full use of SCSI in a way that I
don't think certain other operating systems can; but you'll always
have less disk space than you would have done if you'd gone for EIDE.
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