| I don't really know or care about most of this stuff, but I thought there were logistical reasons for separating your DC from your application server. It wasn't horsepower so much as something fucked up in the Windows architecture.
Also, the system architect for our IT department sweats that Microsoft does not properly utilize dual channel RAM. He uses VMware to virtualize all (Server 2003) servers and says they run an order of magnitude faster due to their proper use of dual channel RAM at the hardware extraction layer.
Or some IT-weenie mumbo jumbo like that. He is a smart guy, so I just believe him.
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If God didn't want us to eat animals, why did He make them out of meat?
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