Subj : Re: What to do?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun Jun 28 2020 07:39:00

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Gamgee <=-

 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.  :-)

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

Cool, nice to know both.

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

Yeah, that is pretty aggravating.

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

Sounds like a good solution.  Relatively cheap and not too much 
work.  :-)


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