I agree but why can't AMD and NVIDIA define an API for the functions they need and get that into the kernel? Then they have a stable platform to base their drivers on.
Many servers and disk arrays specify that drives have to be shipped separately simply because their mass is so high that the rack doesn't pass shock and vibe tests. So either pull out the drives (mark which slot they go into) and pack them separately in bubble wrap or, if that's not an option, put as much cushioning as you can around the servers and strap them down so they don't bounce. In any case, be prepared for some disk drive damage or degradation.
Large main memory so there's always plenty of memory free, decent sized SSD as a cache, caching SW, and a HD RAID subsystem at the backend. That's how we've been doing it on big iron for years. Now if a hybrid HD had a couple 100GB SSD and a few GB of RAM we could talk. Otherwise your hit rate is just too low.
No, two separate systems. For example Android on the ARM and full blown Linux or Windows on the main CPU. The ARM could manage power and thermals intelligently and do auxiliary things BIOS flash, CMOS RAM setting and IPMI like functionality.
Those are well-worn discussions. What I've observed over the recent years though is that the doomers (the rational ones, not the "the sky is falling" types) are proven right and the cornucopians are proven wrong. The next big question is if the energy trap is real. We'll see.
AMD needs to get on the ARM bandwagon. I want an APU with an integrated ARM core that works as a service processor and low power auxiliary CPU when the big CPU is powered off. Good enough for email and browsing and if the GPU has good power management the battery should last forever.
but I see more and more ways in which civilization moves backward. And I don't think it's just after having heard the term "Peak Civilization." It seems logical. As resources dwindle, people retreat physically and mentally.
Agree. My last PC was a longer term project because some of the parts were pretty new and not readily available so I took about 3 months to buy them and checked prices and special deals regularly. I have to pay sales tax on NewEgg stuff so it was about 1/3rd each from NewEgg, TigerDirect and Amazon.
You just boot the system with a Linux CD and raw dump and save the HD image. Mount your server and dd if=/dev/sda bs=1M | pbzip2 -c9 >/mnt/server/laptop_image.dd.bz2 Then if it croaks, you restore the HD image and send it back. You have to overwrite the HD anyway.
But dead children go straight to heaven so killing them is not so bad! Sorry, had to be pointed out. The whole heaven and hell BS is behind a lot of legal "thinking" like the death penalty.
You forgot the CXO's sudden interest to pursue other opportunities a few months later, coupled with a big golden handshake. I've seen it happen and we're still stuck with the crap software.
In a properly made bed, the humidity from sleeping in it is preserved for much longer. That gives nice cozy conditions to everything from mold and mites to bed bugs.
Slashdot Mirror
I agree but why can't AMD and NVIDIA define an API for the functions they need and get that into the kernel? Then they have a stable platform to base their drivers on.
Should be https://www.opennetworking.org/standards/intro-to-openflow
Many servers and disk arrays specify that drives have to be shipped separately simply because their mass is so high that the rack doesn't pass shock and vibe tests. So either pull out the drives (mark which slot they go into) and pack them separately in bubble wrap or, if that's not an option, put as much cushioning as you can around the servers and strap them down so they don't bounce. In any case, be prepared for some disk drive damage or degradation.
AMD Bulldozer or Opteron. Best bang for the buck.
It's called English. British English to be exact.
Large main memory so there's always plenty of memory free, decent sized SSD as a cache, caching SW, and a HD RAID subsystem at the backend. That's how we've been doing it on big iron for years. Now if a hybrid HD had a couple 100GB SSD and a few GB of RAM we could talk. Otherwise your hit rate is just too low.
I thought that's data protection 101.
That would be nice but I doubt that any x86 CPU can ever be as power efficient as ARM.
No, two separate systems. For example Android on the ARM and full blown Linux or Windows on the main CPU. The ARM could manage power and thermals intelligently and do auxiliary things BIOS flash, CMOS RAM setting and IPMI like functionality.
Those are well-worn discussions. What I've observed over the recent years though is that the doomers (the rational ones, not the "the sky is falling" types) are proven right and the cornucopians are proven wrong. The next big question is if the energy trap is real. We'll see.
Yes there is. There are many graphs like this.
http://globalization.icaap.org/content/special/Leigh01.png
AMD needs to get on the ARM bandwagon. I want an APU with an integrated ARM core that works as a service processor and low power auxiliary CPU when the big CPU is powered off. Good enough for email and browsing and if the GPU has good power management the battery should last forever.
but I see more and more ways in which civilization moves backward. And I don't think it's just after having heard the term "Peak Civilization."
It seems logical. As resources dwindle, people retreat physically and mentally.
Agree.
My last PC was a longer term project because some of the parts were pretty new and not readily available so I took about 3 months to buy them and checked prices and special deals regularly. I have to pay sales tax on NewEgg stuff so it was about 1/3rd each from NewEgg, TigerDirect and Amazon.
They still have good stuff if you build your PCs yourself.
You just boot the system with a Linux CD and raw dump and save the HD image.
Mount your server and
dd if=/dev/sda bs=1M | pbzip2 -c9 >/mnt/server/laptop_image.dd.bz2
Then if it croaks, you restore the HD image and send it back. You have to overwrite the HD anyway.
But dead children go straight to heaven so killing them is not so bad!
Sorry, had to be pointed out. The whole heaven and hell BS is behind a lot of legal "thinking" like the death penalty.
You forgot the CXO's sudden interest to pursue other opportunities a few months later, coupled with a big golden handshake.
I've seen it happen and we're still stuck with the crap software.
In a properly made bed, the humidity from sleeping in it is preserved for much longer. That gives nice cozy conditions to everything from mold and mites to bed bugs.
I'm sure you can write a wrapper where you have to click at least a dozen times to select the remote host and app.
I have a feeling that even a ruined Earth is still way more hospitable than Mars, let alone other places.
In Capitalist America, people believe they are in control.
I only buy laptops and webcams with a mechanical shutter,
+1, prescient.
Without ad breaks, sure.