Hello R. On Wednesday, 27 January, 2021, you wrote > That said, for local big data processing, it's > all about the RAM. Our machines (SP4s-SP7s) > have 16Gb of RAM and, while they're not perfect > (especially in terms of heat), they do seem to > handle most things ok.
Out of interest, how large are the datasets you work on? I'd say 16GBytes of memory was on the small size. Our desktops have 32GBytes, and I've run out of memory running customer test cases in the past. Our test servers typically have ~128GBytes. Nick. -- Nick Chalk ................. once a Radio Designer Confidence is failing to understand the problem. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
