Hi,

I have the choice of selecting between two servers for deploying 802.1x authentication off a LDAP server. The max rate of authentication is around a couple of thousand authentications per second.

The first choice is a 2 CPU, Quad Core Nehalem 2.53Ghz based server with 8MB cache 12Gb DDR3 memory @ 1333Mhz.
The second choice is a 4 CPU Quad Core Xeon 7440 2.4Ghz with 16Mb cache 16Gb DDR2 @ 677 Mhz

So on one hand I have a faster memory access and higher CPU speed, the other offers higher CPU cache and double the number of cores.

Which sort of server be more suitable for FR ?

TIA,
Padam