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Now THIS is a Vista-capable machine!

15 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/now-this-is-a-vista-capable-machine.62466/

rocket357
rocket357 Original post #1
Jul 9, 2007 at 2:12 AM
Heh, this isn't a slam...but boy would this be nice to have!

*www.hiptechblog.com/2007/06/10/ever-wondered-what-128gb-of-ram-looks-like/

For those that aren't into clicking on links, this machine is an 8 processor AMD Opteron dual core system (16 cores total) with 128 GB of RAM. Pics included.
RCuber
RCuber #2
Jul 9, 2007 at 2:15 AM
:sigh: Have to start saving money :( ..... ho BTW Rocket thanks for the link
Vishal Gupta
Jul 9, 2007 at 2:42 AM
Speechless. Also liked the sidebar image. :D
rocket357
Jul 9, 2007 at 2:47 AM
charangk said:
:sigh: Have to start saving money :( ..... ho BTW Rocket thanks for the link

I can't imagine that being non-ECC memory, and I can't begin to imagine how much the rig cost...sigh.

A friend of mine recently purchased and built a similar system, though his was only 4xdual core and 32 GB RAM. He uses it for backups for the company he's the IT director of. Not a bad system when you think about the SCSI RAID they installed for it! I was expressing my amazement at his new backup solution when he linked that page to me...just thought I'd share.
i_am_crack
Jul 11, 2007 at 2:25 PM
But what is it for ...just show off????
iamtheone
Jul 11, 2007 at 5:58 PM
ye athat was the question propping up in my mind as soon as i saw this thread...wth are they gonna do with this thing??keep records of all the turtles in the world??
rocket357
Jul 11, 2007 at 6:54 PM
news link said:
built by Xenon Systems for the Monash Cluster Computing group.

My guess is some kind of Geosciences research, given that the Monash Cluster Computing group is a group of computer scientists that assist Monash University with clustering software/hardware, and the Monash site seemed to be keen on their Geoscience department.

Just a guess =)
Ganeshkumar
Jul 11, 2007 at 7:06 PM
just now got 1GB!!!!!!!!!:-?
goobimama
goobimama #10
Jul 11, 2007 at 9:55 PM
128GB....what's the point? At least for now, there's no use for it...
rocket357
rocket357 #11
Jul 11, 2007 at 10:16 PM
goobimama said:
128GB....what's the point? At least for now, there's no use for it...

Read my previous post...There are hundreds of scientific calculations that could EASILY use 128 GB RAM...just look at SETI and imagine how much RAM is being used globally there =)
prateek_san
Jul 11, 2007 at 11:04 PM
coool sys config ......... :cool:
alok4best
alok4best #13
Jul 11, 2007 at 11:16 PM
may be we will need such a machine after 10-15 years..as of now I guess 2 GB is sufficient ...isnt it..
A
Jul 11, 2007 at 11:25 PM
All that came out from my mouth after seeing this pic is ****......
desai_amogh
Jul 12, 2007 at 7:27 AM
cool.. but i think it can be only used on hight end servers ..