[Gllug] Linux - big not small

Chris Bell chrisbell at overview.demon.co.uk
Fri Aug 5 09:27:33 UTC 2005


On Thu 04 Aug, Jason Clifford wrote:
> 

> 
> Now that vast amounts of RAM are cheap (hands up all those with 1GB or 
> more of RAM on their desktop box) I'd say that no more than 1x physical 
> memory is appropriate. If it were not for the fact that storage is also 
> dirt cheap I'd suggest that .25 or .5 memory is reasonable.
> 
> Jason

   One of the problems with older hardware is that space for memory can be
limited, and even if you have the space the price has not dropped, and may
have increased. One of the first things to be raided from an old box is the
RAM.

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Chris Bell

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