Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:36:01 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Supercomputer for the home ?
From: Stan Field <e.c.field at gmail.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

My current desktop here at home has 2Gb of RAM and 1.7Tb of drive
space and I'm planning on an update this winter. When I finish the
build, I'll have another terrabyte of drive space and 8Gb of RAM.

The biggest problem I've had is maintaining a backup. That is why I
have two external USB drives. One has 400Gb and the other has a
terrabyte.

Oh, and don't forget the 24Gb of thumb drives I carry around with my
current WiP files.

Stan

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Mike B. <omni at omniphile.com> wrote:
> Tamar Lindsay wrote:
>> It's another broken URL.
>>
>> The corporation is announcing a new supercomputer
>> that will have roughly a terabyte of memory, fit next
>> to a normal office desk, be quiet, and cost under eight
>> thousand dollars.
>
> Thanks.
>
> I remember back when I worked for Cray Research and the Cray II came out
> with 2 gigs of memory and everyone was astounded. =A0You can get that in =
a
> laptop now, as a standard offering. =A0Desktops typically have that or
> more now.
>
> To get a terabyte of storage back then required a CD jukebox...no way
> anyone could have afforded that much RAM, and few could have handled
> that much HD.
>
> -- Mike B.
>