Re: Looking for faster CPU

From: Darin Perusich Darin.Perusich@cognigencorp.com Subject: Re: [NMusers] Looking for faster CPU Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 11:34:01 -0500 a 64-byte machine will by you nothing for nonmem, you should stick with 32-byte machines. generally speaking application run times on 32-byte machines tend to be faster then on equiltant 64-byte systems. the big advantage on the 64-byte archicture is when you have huge memory reguirements, like oracle databases. you could take the 6-10k and buy 5 or 6 servers, then you can run 5 or 6 jobs at the same time. i would think that you'd get more benefit from that then getting a single machine. my 2 cents. -- Darin Perusich Unix Systems Administrator Cognigen Corp. darinper@cognigencorp.com