Where it said "Of course, the /s is redundant, but that's just insane", they were actually talking about the acceleration.... J
From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 8:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CAD Workstation Spec Jaw à floor. Eyes à popped out of head... "A sustained rate of 155,000 IOPS/s is generated by using forty 256GB TorqX SSDs connected to five LSI SAS PCI-E controllers." Of course, the /s is redundant, but that's just insane... "The system is capable of making a duplicate copy of a "Blu-ray rip" on the 40-drive SSD array in a blistering fast 0.9 seconds. That's at least an 8GB file copy in under a second." Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com <BLOCKED::mailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com> www.eaglemds.com <BLOCKED::http://www.eaglemds.com/> ________________________________ From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 8:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CAD Workstation Spec Not to be outdone: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Patriot-SSD-Intel-Xeon-LSI,9791.html -- Mike Gill From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 5:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CAD Workstation Spec Fast hard drives only help. A pair of Velociraptors or better yet, SAS drives would be great. The SSD is just more modern tech. Bet hey, why not stipe a pair of those right? But even that would be lame. This is where you need to be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs -- Mike Gill From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 11:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CAD Workstation Spec Nice timing on the thread, I just today was asked to spec our a CAD system. Surprised I haven't seen RAID 0 as part of the equation mentioned.. Dave From: Raper, Jonathan - Eagle [mailto:jra...@eaglemds.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 11:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CAD Workstation Spec That 3D mouse looks pretty cool - and for the $ it's not bad at all. I used to do a ton of CAD work in previous positions, and I would have given my left pinky for something like that... Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE Technology Coordinator Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA jra...@eaglemds.com <BLOCKED::mailto:%20jra...@eaglemds.com> www.eaglemds.com <BLOCKED::http://www.eaglemds.com/> ________________________________ From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 2:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: CAD Workstation Spec You need to look at some of the more complex models your users are working with and see where the bottle necks are. Read through the link Joseph sent to get better acquainted with what you need to look for in terms of specific brands and models of the different graphics cards. Depending on budget, my preference would be Xeon. You can get a dual socket motherboard and have a flexible base for starting with one CPU and adding a second in the near future. If CPU power isn't likely to be an issue before the next hardware refresh then an i7/i5 system may be fine. If you want the 6 core i7, you will want to get a board that has a LGA 1366 socket. You should be able to judge RAM by what the users are currently doing, then add an appropriate amount for growth. I would also use a fast SSD drive for the OS. And any CAD guy wall want a nice new pair of 24" or larger displays looking back at them. ;) And they do all have one of these <http://www.3dconnexion.com/products/what-is-a-3d-mouse.html> right? Right? -- Mike Gill From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:stefan.j...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 8:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: CAD Workstation Spec I need to upgrade a few PC's running AutoDesk Inventor to Workstations, question is how much horsepower is economically / practically needed? How do I compare i5, i7 or Xenon processors in CAD situations? RAM is pretty simple, Windows 7 64 bit probably 8 Gb should be ok. A video card with 1 Gb of DDR3 ram should be ok I Think. 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