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On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 04:40:31PM -0700, Craig James wrote:
>    Nobody has commented on the hyperthreading question yet ... does it
>    really matter? The old (fast) server has hyperthreading disabled, and
>    the new (slower) server has hyperthreads enabled.
>    If hyperthreading is definitely NOT an issue, it will save me a trip to
>    the co-lo facility.