| From: | "Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA> |
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| Subject: | Re: Server Prices (was Re: Hacking Security Tallies) |
| Date: | Wed, 27 May 1998 10:03:54 -0400 |
>> A PC's limits nowadays are based more on the size of the case than on
>> the PC itself - a big tower with a set of 20G SCSI drives and hundreds
>> of megs of RAM will cover lots... Granted, PCs don't handle TB yet,
>> but that's far beyond what's required of most servers.
>
> I dunno about most, but let's take something as complex as a modern
>(1990's) car for example. From conception to production, the total data
>produced ranges between 20-40 terabytes.
How much of that data is ever used at once? Standard PCs can handle
well, let's say a SCSI system with 7 20G drives = 140G with, say, 512M
RAM. Not to be sneezed at. Then you decide to cluster them, add more
SCSI devices etc. Distributed computing tends to be much cheaper than
monolithic...
> In the 2050's, with people working on things like cyberdecks,
>cyberware, Banshees and other insanely complex things, the data
>handeling requirements are goint to push the limits of human
>comprehension. And how many exapulses of RAM does it take to run an AI
>on your server?
Pulses are ridiculous. Don't make me say it again. FASA might well
decide that you can get AI ratings at 1MP per.
James Ojaste
