Andrew, Thanks for your question.  The x5470 does support 64bit - the Intel(r) 64 architecture. Here is a link to our web page calling that support out

product website: http://www.intel.com/products/processor/xeon5000/index.htm?iid=servproc+body_xeon5000subtitle

product breif: http://download.intel.com/products/processor/xeon/dc54kplatbrief.pdf

I was not aware of that ark.intel.com site and the specification listed is a typo.

I have a note to our product marketing and web team to correct.I'm also confident that the Xeon 5400 supports XD (execute disable bit)

The x5470 is a good choice for the consolidation project you articulate (light consolidation ratios 4 VM's guests per server and standard web / email applications).  The Intel IT team recently standardized on a 3GHz quad-core for their virtualization efforts.

Chris

Andrew, Thanks to your feedback, our website http://ark.intel.com/cpu.aspx?groupID=35430 has been updated to show the 64bit support on the Intel Xeon 5400 processor series.  Thanks for pointing that out to us.

Respectfully, Chris

Thanks William!

In speaking with both our processor team and BIOS team it appears you may need a BIOS update as the older BIOS does not have the BIOS patch it needs for the processor.

A link to your board type for BIOS downloads is http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=2305

I hope this has been of assistance to you.

We are in the process of buying servers, being it will be a totally new build should i wait for the new i7 Xeons? How much Gain is expected from the i7 Xeons with the current Quad Xeons? Including the difference in pricing if you include all the new components i have to get with an i7 Xeon like memory and mainboard.. Thanks!!

For an ERP application does a database server (SQL server) perform better with 2 dual core processors or 1 quad core processor ?

Thank you.

Hi greetings!!!

I have a Intel Entry storage System Nas SS4000-E in my Office . I got from one of my vendor with any software CD come with it .

Intially when i installed it with one 500 G.B State Hdd without Backup Option . Now i buy Three 500 G.B Hdd so when i disconnect first 500 g.b hdd and connect other three my first 500 G.B not showing my previos Data which was stored in that Hard drive .

now when i connect this hard drive with my pc its not showing the data

please suggest what to do

What would be the benefits of using Nehalem 7400 series of procs with VMware ESX o/s with vsphere . Is that the best possible solution for running high I/O intensive apps like SQL-Exchange -Oracle APPS .

I asked a question on Twitter and interXeon suggested that I should post my question here http://twitter.com/IntelXeon

A few months ago I built a dual Xeon 2.5Gh (E5420), 12 GB Ram, Cross fire ATI on Asus Z7S-WS. I've also Water cooled the whole thing. Here are couple of pictures: http://www.deskography.org/people/TME1119EMJ/desks/799/photos/1309/

So a few weeks ago, I ordered a Dell XPS i7 3.4 OC'd to 3.7 with 6 GB ram, one Nvidia Video Card (Planning to upgrade)

I don't play with these Workstations, they are used only to do renderings. When I start a network rendering using 3DSMAX, I've noticed that my Dual Xeon is faster than my Intel i7. I dobn't have the actual minutes and seconds down yet, and I don't think RAM has anything to do with renderings, since 3DSMAX uses CPU.

Am I wrong to assume that actual dual CPU is faster than the multi-core CPU's?

rtdesign, the E5420 is a multi-core (quad-core) processor also ... so with 8 cores in the system and more memory (12 vs 6 GB Ram) so you've got 8 cores vs 4 so your CPU capacity and throughput is up with the dual Xeon - that is my guess.

Here is a single CPU WS scores for 3ds max ... http://www.intel.com/performance/workstation/xeon3000/dcc.htm?iid=perf_ws_body+3000_dcc

     scores are 6.37 (1x Core2Quad) and 10.13 (1 x Xeon)

Here are dual core CPU WS scores for 3dsmax ... http://www.intel.com/performance/workstation/xeon5000/dcc.htm?iid=perf_ws_lhn+xeon5000_dcc

     scores are 10.03 (2x xeon 5400) and 16.74 (2x xeon 5500)

Chris

rtdesign, What is your twitter handle so i can follow you

i'm @chris_p_intel

Hello,

Windows* Core poses some unique challenges for configuring network teams.  There is an Intel(R) support document that addresses how to configure advanced features under Windows Core.  Take a look at: How do I configure advanced features in Windows Server* 2008 core  installations?

It should be able to help

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