[ale] Desktop 32GB of RAM

Tue Aug 18 20:36:19 EDT 2015

No VMs. Current desktop I built 01/2012. Needs faster disk I/O. I spend about 45 minutes waiting on a compile of software when I do a fresh checkout. 

The reason I said 64GB is because when I was pricing out a workstation on Penguin Computing's website the lowest was 64. Personally, 16 is fine. With 64 though I could copy the source tree into a ramdisk. Luckily I do have a UPS under my desk. :) 

> From: "Steve Litt" <slitt at troubleshooters.com>
> To: ale at ale.org
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 8:03:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Desktop 32GB of RAM

> On Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:53:18 -0400 (EDT)
> Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:

> > Seems like /. posted a story about 32GB being overkill for desktop
> > systems. I'm looking at replacing my workstation and the system I'm
> > looking at has a minimum of 64GB. Am I wasting cash? :)

> How many VMs are you going to be hanging off your workstation, and what
> will they be running? And how long do you usually go before replacing
> workstations with more modern machines?

> SteveT

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