Re: [linux-audio-user] Quiet PC's

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Quiet PC's
From: Daniel James (daniel_AT_mondodesigno.com)
Date: Thu Oct 25 2001 - 16:41:58 EEST


> Another option, since RAM is pretty cheap these days, would be to
> load up the diskless box with several GB of RAM and mount it as a
> ramdisk, this would be both quiet and fast, and you could then
> periodically flush this to the remote server for storage.

That sounds like a killer system for audio - you'd need a good UPS of
course, but they are usually pretty quiet. Transtec (German hardware
company) are now doing a diskless workstation with dual processors,
lots of RAM and four-head video card. It was originally designed for
a stockbroker firm's network, with 500 users.
 
Daniel


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