On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:34:24 -0600, "Curtis L. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Major A writes: > > > Locally I have about 220Gb of HD space dedicated towards storing > > > the original raw data. The intermediate preprocessed form of the > > > data. The shared edge data. And the final scenery. > > > > Oh. I didn't expect it to be that much... > > I'm not maxed out yet, and occaisonally I keep different copies or > different variants of things for various reasons. I don't feel > cramped right now, but I'm not exactly swimming in an overwhelming > abundance of extra disk space. > > > > If we get SRTM data for the whole world, that will have to jump up > > > substantially. > > > > Can't things be done in sections? Why would one want to do the whole > > world in a single operation? > > Sure, but there's some sort of coolness factor related to building the > entire world. :-) > > > If processing involves a lot of data copying, you'd probably be > > better off keeping everything on a single computer. Use a > > multiprocessor machine with lots of storage and lots or RAM. > > If someone is donating hardware, I could live with either > approach. :-) > > > Just an idea: how about using the HP TestDrive farm? They have some > > nice computers there such as a quad 1GHz Alpha. It would be > > necessary to ask for their permission first, but this being an > > open-source project, I wouldn't think this would be a problem. We > > can then give credit on the website or so. > > What kind of disk space can they give us? > > Curt. ..they _can_ do a _lot_: http://www.serverworldmagazine.com/newsflash2/2003/03/20_redhat.shtml and http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=HP+%22Red+Hat%22 ..now, what they _will_ do, depends on their end of the deal etc, coolness is one factor in PR work, how about FG scenery building as a test suite, or sim'ing the shuttle break-up, we do ice on Twin Otters. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
