[ale] Desktop 32GB of RAM

[DJ-Pfulio]

Compiling Java?  64G isn't enough. Java is and always will be slow and
RAM hungry. I joke. 16G is plenty for most people.

Get a few SSDs, put them into RAID0 and be happy. Make certain you have
excellent backups due to the risks of RAID0. Which is cheaper per GB -
RAM or SSDs?

Back in the old days, my team developed C++ programs that took about 45
to compile and link with IDE drives. Convinced management to get one
Adaptec 2940u SCSI HBA and disk - compile times dropped to 20 min under
Windows - effectively doubling productivity. 3 months later we'd
upgraded 20+ dev workstations to SCSI disks. It was a no-brainer for
$300/seat.

All the Unix systems we supported were already SCSI and more powerful,
plus with batch compilations, nobody is watching the clock like people
do using an IDE.


On 08/18/2015 08:36 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> 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
>