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chef replied

25 July 2012, 15:31
aha I see, and for my next noob question..
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sasguru replied

25 July 2012, 11:02
Originally posted by AtW View Post

Upgrading memory today on some of the servers:

2 TB of RAM!

Good to see you're concentrating on what you're good at - and leaving the business side to some else, hopefully
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eek replied

25 July 2012, 10:52
Originally posted by AtW View Post

No you don't

Lots of RAM enables certain algorithms to be more cost effective than using on disk processing...

Bah you beat me to it.
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eek replied

25 July 2012, 10:52
Originally posted by chef View Post

impressive, but I have to ask, why the hell do you need 2Tb of RAM. I know what M12 does but why so much RAM?

In memory databases are significantly faster especially when running map reduce or similar items.

SKA doesn't seem to be the small project it once seemed.
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AtW replied

25 July 2012, 10:51
Originally posted by chef View Post

I know what M12 does

No you don't

Lots of RAM enables certain algorithms to be more cost effective than using on disk processing...
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chef replied

25 July 2012, 10:48
impressive, but I have to ask, why the hell do you need 2Tb of RAM. I know what M12 does but why so much RAM?
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DodgyAgent replied

25 July 2012, 10:48
Originally posted by AtW View Post

Upgrading memory today on some of the servers:

2 TB of RAM!

Are those for keeping the sheep in the field?
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AtW started a topic SKA news

25 July 2012, 10:44
SKA news

Upgrading memory today on some of the servers:

2 TB of RAM!
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