Your server is wasting your CPU

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While using an AMD Barcelona (quad-core Opteron) server to create a portable benchmarking kit for InfoWorld’s Test Center, I discovered something unexpected: I could incur variances in some benchmark tests ranging from 10 to 60 percent through combined manipulation of the server’s BIOS settings, BIOS version, compiler flags, and OS release.

Link: weblog.infoworld.com

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  • Hardware