On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Bryan D. Boyle
<bdboyle@bdboyle.com> wrote:
On 2/14/12 2:27 PM, Sal P. De Franco wrote:
Hello,
I have my allstar # now.
I picked up a used computer.
Question:
How much memory is needed ?
I'm running with a gig. Never hit swap. Total system and apps are taking up 685 meg, rest is free. Swap set for 2 gig, not using any of it. Once it's loaded, it's pretty much resident and unless you're doing a lot of other things...won't change much from day to day.
And that's for a 64 bit dual core Althon cpu/CentOS to match
How big a hard drive is needed ?
Here's my specs:
disk used free % use
287G 3.1G 270G 2% /
plus 100 meg for the /boot partition.
So...I'm thinking you can get away with a pretty minimal disk. But, considering that spindles are so cheap...even for 7200rpm drives...
Doesn't take much (well, not running a gui, either...and a LOT less than Window$). That's for a system supporting 5 hardware interfaces and a hub.
One suggestion would be to pick up a USB card that will fit into a bus slot on the motherboard. On-board USB ports have a bad habit of not passing data fast enough...leading to choppy audio. The 4-port cards are, IIRC, about 40. at the local big box.
This is my rig here...others will chime in, I'm sure...
--
Bryan
In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.
Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
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