This is either a poorly worded joke, or you have absolutely no clue how network routing works.
Most people will not be going to ARIN for an assignment, they will get addresses from their ISP, just like with IPv4.
For those of us who need to be multi-homed, the one-time fee we pay to ARIN for the allocation is not significant enough for it to be a concern at all. For ISPs, it is essentially free, as you only pay for the larger of the IPv4 or IPv6 fee.
Also, because of multi-homing, and large entities with multiple locations, you cannot attach IP addresses to any physical location.
Depends on what your budget is, but I would look into Network Appliance (http://www.netapp.com). Their systems are top notch, and have some very cool software features. They support NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel as connection methods.
The v40z is 3U. It is actually manufactured by Newisys, which was the first AMD validated server platform. My company makes servers based on the same thing. The newer models do support the dual-core chips. Quad dual-core opterons are a sight to see in action.
The supermicro 1U quad is definitely cool, but only for some applications. For example, it can only take 3 hard drives, and only has 1 expansion slot.
Having "redundant" circuits to the same provider is pretty useless. You really need to be connected to two completely separate upstream providers for decent redundancy. If you have mission-critical needs, you want 3.
If your pinky is numb, it is from something other than CTS. I recently had CTS surgery in my right hand, and will soon for my left. CTS does not effect the pinky or the pinky side of your ring finger, as those areas are served by a nerve that is outside of the carpal tunnel.
Solaris is free. You need to register with Sun for a license, but you can download the.iso images for free, or order the media kit for $75 and install it on as many machines as you want, provided you register for each license.
I've been messing around with the demo since yesterday, and it is pretty cool if you like that type of game. The game runs very smoothly (as do all of the Loki games I have tried)
I run 1400x1050 on a GeForce2 in my desktop machine with the nvidia drivers. works just peachy, and Unreal Tournament looks niiiice at 1400x1050:) The X server does suck up like 300MB of ram, but that's a different story.
My choice for a large mail server (30,000+ users) is CMD 5640 Dual, Hotswap RAID controllers with 256MB cache each, in an external cabinet, with many drives. The controller has 2 host channels and 2 drive channels. I also use Kingston DE300 hotswap trays, which let you put 3 1-inch drives in the space of 2 devices. I would go 6 drives and put 3 on each drive channel. Depending on how much space you need, you can use 9 or 18GB drives. One nice thing about the controller, is that it is separate from the system, so if the system crashes, you still have access to the RAID controller to troubleshoot problems. The controllers have serial console ports so you can access them the same way you would a headless sparc server. The controllers aren't cheap (~$6600), but well worth it. The Ultra2 I have with dual 400's, 2GB ram, and this setup with 50GB drives should easily handle 100,000 users. If the price is too high, you can get non-redundant controllers (CMD 54xx series) for alot less. (~$2200 with 32MB cache)
Another thing to think about is what software you are running. I was running qpopper on a server that continually had a load of 15+. after switching to cucipop, the load went to 0.15.
feel free to mail me if you have questions or want more info... I can hook you up with the vendor I order from.
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MythTV has supported CableCARD and 4K for over a decade? Does it even support CableCARD tuners now?
This is either a poorly worded joke, or you have absolutely no clue how network routing works.
Most people will not be going to ARIN for an assignment, they will get addresses from their ISP, just like with IPv4.
For those of us who need to be multi-homed, the one-time fee we pay to ARIN for the allocation is not significant enough for it to be a concern at all. For ISPs, it is essentially free, as you only pay for the larger of the IPv4 or IPv6 fee.
Also, because of multi-homing, and large entities with multiple locations, you cannot attach IP addresses to any physical location.
On reasonably decent gear (Denon receiver, and Athena speakers), DTS sounds waaay better than DD on most movies I have seen.
This most likely due to the higher bitrate, but still it is better, and noticeably so.
-Randy
Depends on what your budget is, but I would look into Network Appliance (http://www.netapp.com). Their systems are top notch, and have some very cool software features. They support NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel as connection methods.
-Randy
"... Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is distributed only in uncool binary form."
WRONG.
All of the source (.srpms) are available for free from Red Hat's download site. This is how CentOS gets the source to re-package.
-Randy
You can see the server platform (Chassis + motherboard) in the following brochure:
h ure.pdf
http://www.supermicro.com/manuals/brochure/A+Broc
-Randy
The v40z is 3U. It is actually manufactured by Newisys, which was the first AMD validated server platform. My company makes servers based on the same thing. The newer models do support the dual-core chips. Quad dual-core opterons are a sight to see in action.
The supermicro 1U quad is definitely cool, but only for some applications. For example, it can only take 3 hard drives, and only has 1 expansion slot.
-Randy
They are now listing a bundle for $1999 that has 20 games.
-Randy
Having "redundant" circuits to the same provider is pretty useless. You really need to be connected to two completely separate upstream providers for decent redundancy. If you have mission-critical needs, you want 3.
-Randy
If your pinky is numb, it is from something other than CTS. I recently had CTS surgery in my right hand, and will soon for my left. CTS does not effect the pinky or the pinky side of your ring finger, as those areas are served by a nerve that is outside of the carpal tunnel.
-Randy
Solaris is free. You need to register with Sun for a license, but you can download the .iso images for free, or order the media kit for $75 and install it on as many machines as you want, provided you register for each license.
-Randy
I've been messing around with the demo since yesterday, and it is pretty cool if you like that type of game. The game runs very smoothly (as do all of the Loki games I have tried)
-Randy
I run 1400x1050 on a GeForce2 in my desktop machine with the nvidia drivers. works just peachy, and Unreal Tournament looks niiiice at 1400x1050 :) The X server does suck up like 300MB of ram, but that's a different story.
-Randy
Why did Sun feel it necessary to tar the single install file? It only makes the file slightly larger. Does anyone else think this is totally stupid?
Does anyone have any info about them expanding the coverage area? If you don't live in a major city, you are SOL.
My choice for a large mail server (30,000+ users) is CMD 5640 Dual, Hotswap RAID controllers with 256MB cache each, in an external cabinet, with many drives. The controller has 2 host channels and 2 drive channels. I also use Kingston DE300 hotswap trays, which let you put 3 1-inch drives in the space of 2 devices. I would go 6 drives and put 3 on each drive channel. Depending on how much space you need, you can use 9 or 18GB drives. One nice thing about the controller, is that it is separate from the system, so if the system crashes, you still have access to the RAID controller to troubleshoot problems. The controllers have serial console ports so you can access them the same way you would a headless sparc server. The controllers aren't cheap (~$6600), but well worth it. The Ultra2 I have with dual 400's, 2GB ram, and this setup with 50GB drives should easily handle 100,000 users. If the price is too high, you can get non-redundant controllers (CMD 54xx series) for alot less. (~$2200 with 32MB cache)
Another thing to think about is what software you are running. I was running qpopper on a server that continually had a load of 15+. after switching to cucipop, the load went to 0.15.
feel free to mail me if you have questions or want more info... I can hook you up with the vendor I order from.
-Randy