Re: My ultimate linux box
On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 05:34, csj wrote:
> On Mon, 6 May 2002 12:08:06 -0500
> Michael Kahle <kahlemt@whoha.org> wrote:
>
> > I am agreeing that I could scale it all back, but why? The ton of RAM
> > and dual procs is also because for the Windoz apps I still need, I am
> > going to be running VMWare, if you've every ran it, it is a HOG! But
> > like I said, I am well aware how much overkill this is, but I have the
> > money and never had a computer that would be my dream machine this is
> > kind of like the geeks midlife crisis, only I'm 27. :)
>
> If I had your money, and no hungry mouths to feed, I would build three
> machines. Why splurge all your money on a single high-powered machine?
> Suppose it got hit by lightning? I noticed you didn't put a UPS / surge
> protector in your list! If you insist on your dream machine, better buy
> a UPS that comes with a property-damage guarantee.
With all those _noisy_ 10K disks, and the fans needed to cool
them, plus the fans to cool the 2 Athlons, I think I'd make
2 machines:
Box 1 has the SCSI disks, and, oh, say, 512MB RAM. All it needs
is a cheap, _old_ video card. Put it on the other side of the
house.
Box 2 has the 2.5GB RAM, big screen, etc.
You'd only get Fast Ethernet speeds, but your executables will
be on Box 2, and with 2.5GB RAM, you'll have a huge cache to
work with...
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