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[Discuss] smallest board that can handle 32 GB RAM



I have run many simulations for which 16GB of RAM was just barely enough to
finish the sim in a sane time.  Only 7-10 days.  32GB would have allowed a
better sim without swapping... as soon as you transition to swapping, the
sim time is measured in months.



*Drew Van Zandt Cam # US2010035593 (M:Agapito Acosta) *


On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Kent Borg <kentborg at borg.org> wrote:

> On 05/08/2014 10:16 AM, Robert Krawitz wrote:
>
>> I have a few monster spreadsheets (whether at least one of them should be
>> a spreadsheet is a good question, but that's neither here nor there). With
>> 16GB on my laptop, it pages.
>>
>
> Whether it should be a spreadsheet maybe is point: we use modern
> quantities of memory by "wasting" it. But, if you have it, why not? Do
> graphics one-pixel-per-spreadsheet-cell, if you want.
>
> What was once a supercomputer locked away for use by appointment for
> Important Projects is now something that gets shoved in front of a sticky
> baby to try to entertain the little tike a few minutes more. And mom swears
> it is worth it, insists it is an important project.
>
> -kb, the Kent who is still stunned to try to appreciate how much 16GB of
> RAM is.
>
>
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