Subj : Re: What to do?
To   : Gamgee
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat Jun 27 2020 21:28:00

-=> Gamgee wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 Ga> My choices would be:

 Ga> #4 and then #2.  In fact, perhaps use Linux with an SSD and no
 Ga> RAID.  With regular backups (I do nightly rsync's to an offsite
 Ga> VPS), there is very little risk and no justification for RAID,
 Ga> IMHO.  Also I'm anti-Windows.  :-)

 I'm in both camps. My job is split 50/50 between Linux admin tasks
 and Windows/AD sysadmin stuff, and I play equally well with both.

 I saw a 3610 with 32 GB of RAM and a 4 core 3.0 ghz Xeon on Amazon
 for $250, just got a notification that it had been restocked at $405,
 was probably a bait and switch deal. Annoying.

 Because of that, I think I'm leaning to adding a single SSD,
 installing Linux on it, keeping the RAID as-is, and rsyncing the SSD
 to it. I could then put Windows in a VM for when I need it, or use
 WINE for most of my Windows apps (Adobe CS2 and Famatech Remote Admin)




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