Budget Servers

The main distinguishing feature of a server lies in the speed of its processor. It is therefore what acts as a foundation to represent the different packages offered by iWeb. It is the first characteristics to look at before memory, disk space, or bandwidth or other server specifications.

The more powerful the processor is, the more the server will be able to deal with simultaneous operations. Static sites will run fine on low end CPUs while dynamic sites, databases applications or game servers will require more powerful CPUs.

Processors comparison chart

  • Dual Xeon E5335 (2.0GHz)
    2.15x
  • Dual Xeon E5310 (1.6GHz)
    1.86x
  • Dual Opteron 2216 (2.4GHz)
    1.75x
  • Core 2 DUO E6850 (3.0GHz)
    1.54x
  • Dual Opteron 2210 (1.8GHz)
    1.5x
  • Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4GHz)
    1.44x
  • Core 2 DUO E6750 (2.66GHz)
    1.43x
  • Core 2 DUO E4500 (2.2GHz)
    1.15x
  • Pentium E2180 (2.0GHz)
    1x
  • Pentium E2140 (1.6GHz)
    0.85x
  • CELERON 440 (2.0GHz)
    0.8x
  • CELERON 420 (1.6GHz)
    0.68x
  • Budget Servers CPU
  • Power Servers CPU
  • Reference CPU (Budget Server)

Please note that these performance tests represent average values and that certain applications do not use multiple cores at full capacity. On the opposite side, performances of an application optimized to use all cores will be far superior from what is shown on these graphs.

How can you get the best performance from your server?

Double the cache memory [5%]

The cache memory plays a significant role in a server performance. Whenever it doubles, the server earns a 5% boost in performance, even with the same CPU frequency.

Increase the processor frequency [10%]

In the Core 2 case, each frequency increase of 0.2GHz adds an appreciable gain of 10% in the server's performance.

Double the number of cores or processors [10 %-25 %]

By doubling the number of cores on each processor, the server gains from 10 % to 12 % in performance, while by doubling the number of processors, it gains around 25 %.

The FrontSideBus [2%-4%]

Don't expect an increase of more than 1 or 2 % of performance from a 1066Mhz to a 1333Mhz processor's frontsideBus, and about 4 % from a 800Mhz to a 1066Mhz processor's frontsideBus. However, a high Frontsidebus speed will generally allow you an access to a higher processor frequency.