On 12/10/2011 5:19 PM, David Goodwin wrote:
<< The reason I don't recommend mixing business with ham is there is a
difference in the value of the data associated with each function and
therefore you need different backup/protection strategies for them. Or
maybe my definition of business is different than yours.>>
I can see keeping business and personal separate, but among personal use,
one will work.
dave :)
Just as an anecdote, my experience is as follows.
The machine I am currently using handles my email, web, image
processing, the occasional document generation, all that stuff. It also
runs my SDR1000 with no problems, although that is mostly a part of my
test equipment these days.
When I ordered my F3K, way back when, I decided to build a separate PC
for it. I'm not really sure why, but it seemed like a Good Idea at the
time. I probably spent between $400-500 on the bits. It has PSDR on it,
of course, and Chrome to check for Flex updates and it is logged into
DX-Sherlock when 6m is alive. Other than that, it is my dedicated radio
machine.
A couple of times it has died. One was a simple loose SATA cable, the
other time was a bad PSU. Both those incidents were covered by moving
the Firewire cable over to this machine, and I was back on the air in a
few minutes. It handled it just fine. I don't recall the CPU usage, but
it was low enough not to worry. DPC spiked over 2000, but didn't hurt PSDR.
The conclusion is that I could have run everything on this PC. It's
something I built at least six years ago; P4 3GHz with 2G RAM, running
XP SP3.
The Radio machine is a multicore something or the other that is clearly
overkill.
Also in the shack I have an old machine that is still on Win2000 who's
function is just to talk GPIB to my test gear and run Labview. I have a
Linux box that was supposed to be the wave of the future, but I really
just tinker with it. All connected via a 4-port KVM switch.
I feel more comfortable having a different machine for each function.
Then, there is the rest of the house. The main family computer that is
used for the good stuff, plus a matching RAID machine. Another one for
when the grandkids come over to play. Two network printers and a WAP for
when the kids bring their laptops over.
Anyway, enough rambling.
It is clear to me that a single PC could do everything that a person
would need and run the Flex at the same time. I happen to not have gone
that route.
GL & 73, Alf NU8I
Scottsdale AZ DM43an
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