> Of course, Webster's has long celebrated and conveyed > language's evolution - unlike linguistic prescriptivists who > fail to grasp that's just what language does; and - where I've > compared entries - they've certainly done so in a more > consistent, professional fashion than online amateurs have in > recent years: might Open Dictionary - in conjunction with > Webster's standard Online Dictionary - yield the best of > authoritative (top-down) and organic (bottom-up), online > lexicography?"
Tip for the day - no sentence should have 70 words in it.
> Perhaps one would want to run a BitTorrent client on a > machine. Some of the better clients such as Azureus are > notoriously demanding on the CPU (and memory) front. Perhaps > one might use it as a media server, which sometimes involves > transcoding the video to a format supported by the output > device (MPEG-2 or WMV).
The question was about a file server. File servers usually don't have a mouse, much less a bittorrent client.
> You're also mistaken about software RAID's CPU usage. Doing > some googling, one user reported a 5-disk RAID-5 array used 80% > of the processing power of an Athlon 700 to do writes. The > Cyrix 3 core isn't exactly screaming fast...
Meh. I've never had a problem. I'm sure I could contrive to stress software RAID on a workstation, but we're talking about a file server, serving files across a 100BaseT LAN at most, maybe even wireless. The bottleneck is the wire, not the disk, not the CPU.
> And so the more important issue, which you're ignoring. Power > usage.
The Via is low-power enough for most people. You're ignoring the price of CPUs and motherboards.
Maybe, but some people have a gigantic hard-on for RAID and think it magically solves all reliability problems. Skim any thread here about storage, you'll see a mystical faith in the awesome power of RAID.
Slashdot Mirror
Sounds like a lot of hassle if you could just bail to a bigger shop with an IS department already in place.
Probably get a raise, too.
QWERTY is pretty goddamn convenient, too.
The grandparent was talking about hot-plugging USB keyboards.
What could be more convenient then lugging a keyboard with you everywhere you go?
> For goodness sake, they don't even have a Constitution!
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/const/
Observe closely class... Boot to the head!
http://beagleweb.com/fun-taekwanleap.html
Yeah, millions of end users pay close attention to EULAs.
Sheesh.
Are all servers affected? Have you bothered measuring the load on your servers? The problem might not have anything to do with the network.
> your wife will start planning how to spend the money
Mistake #1 - telling your wife about the $1000
I'm too busy worrying about children starving in Africa to trouble myself about your petty issues.
*worry*
*worry*
> No. We are selling an experience, a community.
Can I have a hit of whatever you're smoking?
Death to extremists!!!
> Of course, Webster's has long celebrated and conveyed
> language's evolution - unlike linguistic prescriptivists who
> fail to grasp that's just what language does; and - where I've
> compared entries - they've certainly done so in a more
> consistent, professional fashion than online amateurs have in
> recent years: might Open Dictionary - in conjunction with
> Webster's standard Online Dictionary - yield the best of
> authoritative (top-down) and organic (bottom-up), online
> lexicography?"
Tip for the day - no sentence should have 70 words in it.
> poor righting
I do hope that was intentional.
> Make sure bennies are in the contract though - people need
> health care whether they are on contract or not.
Heh, the job is in Edmunton. One advantage of the Frozen North is state health care.
They're not going to guarantee the contest winner a job, because he might disasterously fail the interview.
> Perhaps one would want to run a BitTorrent client on a
> machine. Some of the better clients such as Azureus are
> notoriously demanding on the CPU (and memory) front. Perhaps
> one might use it as a media server, which sometimes involves
> transcoding the video to a format supported by the output
> device (MPEG-2 or WMV).
The question was about a file server. File servers usually don't have a mouse, much less a bittorrent client.
> You're also mistaken about software RAID's CPU usage. Doing
> some googling, one user reported a 5-disk RAID-5 array used 80%
> of the processing power of an Athlon 700 to do writes. The
> Cyrix 3 core isn't exactly screaming fast...
Meh. I've never had a problem. I'm sure I could contrive to stress software RAID on a workstation, but we're talking about a file server, serving files across a 100BaseT LAN at most, maybe even wireless. The bottleneck is the wire, not the disk, not the CPU.
> And so the more important issue, which you're ignoring. Power
> usage.
The Via is low-power enough for most people. You're ignoring the price of CPUs and motherboards.
Software RAID isn't going to be noticeable on a Pentium II, much less anything you can buy today.
Pray tell, what other services are going to require extra CPU power?
> Any reasons not to implement this?
It would require effort.
It's a file server. Why does he need a faster CPU?
> That's simply misleading.
Maybe, but some people have a gigantic hard-on for RAID and think it magically solves all reliability problems. Skim any thread here about storage, you'll see a mystical faith in the awesome power of RAID.
> Pick an old slow CPU, it really doesn't matter at 100Mbs speeds
Amen.
My home server is a Pentium 233MMX, and has no problem saturating my 100BaseT network.
If you're going for low power/low noise, there's a lot of room to underclock any modern CPU.
Love is an imaginary number.
I remember when WordPerfect was it's own company, and they had a DJ who babbled in between songs.
> That's what I do with my personal e-mail, but what if the
> poster doesn't have control of the mail server?
Roll your own. My pentium 233 is waaay overpowered as a mailserver/fileserver.