Enterprise versions of Linux based on kernel 2.6, and 64 bit database servers are now very mature. In this article, you will find a comparison of the latest Xeon (Irwindale), the previous Xeon (Nocona), the old Xeon (Galatin), the Dual core Opteron, and the 'normal' Opteron, of course.

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