A really huge dutch community has recently switched to Dual Opterons for their backend (they've got a Dual Opteron 242 and a Dual Opteron 240). Both are database servers only. They've replaced them for Dual MP 1600+'s, although the processor speed hasn't upgraded, the load went down with 66%.
Needless to say that they are very happy with the servers
On the other hand, they've got 4x Dual Xeons clustered for the html work though ;)
Thanks for the feedback guys! I just want to set up a nice DB server and not have to worry about it. Rather spend the money now on hardware and not have to think about whether or not it will handle the load in 6 months.
Any info any of you have using the opteron is great info to have!
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