Re: Computer recommendation for Linux server.

2011-06-15 Thread Dima (Dan) Yasny
any brandname machine with the right specs will do. a word of warning though - don't hope to scale the specs, purchase the max set of hardware you'll need right away - upgrades can be more expensive than the machine itself. If you expect to need more than a single server, maybe a beefy machine tha

Re: USB I/O draining my userspace (Ubuntu Natty 64b)

2011-06-15 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 06:42:48PM +0300, Ira Abramov wrote: > Quoting Yedidyah Bar-David, from the post of Wed, 15 Jun: > > Did you try cp (or cp --sparse=always if you really want to) and > > see if it helps? I don't know of a similar option for dd. > > I have here an image with partitions in it

Computer recommendation for Linux server.

2011-06-15 Thread Josh Roden
Hi Everyone, This is my new address (was *Josh*@*hadassah*.ac.il). I searched the archives and only found a few answers to the same request that I made in 2009. I would appreciate any updated suggestions. The server needs a good RAID 5 card and, if possible, a dual and redundant power supply. The b

Re: USB I/O draining my userspace (Ubuntu Natty 64b)

2011-06-15 Thread Matan Ziv-Av
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, geoffrey mendelson wrote: No. It has to do with how USB is implemented in hardware. Almost every motherboard I have seen only has 2 USB ports. Motherboards with 6 USB ports on the back, and connectors for more on the front of the case still have only 2 USB ports, but they

Re: USB I/O draining my userspace (Ubuntu Natty 64b)

2011-06-15 Thread Raz
i suggest you trace it. use blktrace. On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Ira Abramov wrote: > Quoting Yedidyah Bar-David, from the post of Wed, 15 Jun: > > > > Perhaps it uses USB1 and not 2? > > nope, I had that problem when I accidentally switched ports to a USB1 > port, the 22 minute burn took

Re: USB I/O draining my userspace (Ubuntu Natty 64b)

2011-06-15 Thread Ira Abramov
Quoting Yedidyah Bar-David, from the post of Wed, 15 Jun: > > Perhaps it uses USB1 and not 2? nope, I had that problem when I accidentally switched ports to a USB1 port, the 22 minute burn took over 113 minutes before I noticed it was still writing and killed it. also, to answer Geoff - nothing

Re: USB I/O draining my userspace (Ubuntu Natty 64b)

2011-06-15 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 04:19:08PM +0300, Ira Abramov wrote: > First, an appology. I added another message on the RMS fiasco only to > find out later the threads all died out and I was committing a faux pas. > my appologies! please ignore I posted it if at all possible. > > Second, here's my probl

Re: USB I/O draining my userspace (Ubuntu Natty 64b)

2011-06-15 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Jun 15, 2011, at 4:19 PM, Ira Abramov wrote: Second, here's my problem: I have here a workstation running an Athlon 3700+, and part of my job is to occasionally write out an image file to USB universal card reader, testing the product of my builds. The writing takes forever (since I haven

Re: USB I/O draining my userspace (Ubuntu Natty 64b)

2011-06-15 Thread is123
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:19:08 +0300 Ira Abramov wrote: > First, an appology. I added another message on the RMS fiasco only to > find out later the threads all died out and I was committing a faux pas. > my appologies! please ignore I posted it if at all possible. It's too late! You've done it no

Re: RMS, Hosts Must Support Boycott?

2011-06-15 Thread Stan Goodman
On Wednesday 15 June 2011 at 16:18:42 (GMT+2) Erez D wrote: > 2011/6/15 Ira Abramov > > > Quoting geoffrey mendelson, from the post of Sun, 12 Jun: > > > On Jun 12, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Uri Even-Chen wrote: > > > >I don't agree with you, Geoff. What Richard Stallman does as a > > > >private pers

Re: RMS, Hosts Must Support Boycott?

2011-06-15 Thread Stan Goodman
On Wednesday 15 June 2011 at 15:56:03 (GMT+2) Ira Abramov wrote: > Quoting geoffrey mendelson, from the post of Sun, 12 Jun: > > On Jun 12, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Uri Even-Chen wrote: > > >I don't agree with you, Geoff. What Richard Stallman does as a > > >private person does not mean the FSF in invo

USB I/O draining my userspace (Ubuntu Natty 64b)

2011-06-15 Thread Ira Abramov
First, an appology. I added another message on the RMS fiasco only to find out later the threads all died out and I was committing a faux pas. my appologies! please ignore I posted it if at all possible. Second, here's my problem: I have here a workstation running an Athlon 3700+, and part of my j

Re: RMS, Hosts Must Support Boycott?

2011-06-15 Thread is123
> I may act differently if the FSF boycotts israel. Is the FSF not boycotting Israel? I guess it depends on how you see things, but when Stallman signs on a letter as President of the FSF that he will not come to Israel unless it is at a venue that sponsors an anti-Israel boycott, I don't know wha

Re: RMS, Hosts Must Support Boycott?

2011-06-15 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Jun 15, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Ira Abramov wrote: you know, there IS a logical falacy of guilt by association. There may be, but there is a clear case here, RMS as president of the FSF has, ex officio (from his office, meaning as the president, not his desk) said that he was boycotting. Thi

Re: RMS, Hosts Must Support Boycott?

2011-06-15 Thread Ely Levy
Are you going to start that discussion again? Everyone said their opinion and nothing new was added for quite a few emails now. Maybe we should just let it die out? Ely 2011/6/15 Erez D > > > 2011/6/15 Ira Abramov > >> Quoting geoffrey mendelson, from the post of Sun, 12 Jun: >> > >> > On Jun

Re: RMS, Hosts Must Support Boycott?

2011-06-15 Thread Erez D
2011/6/15 Ira Abramov > Quoting geoffrey mendelson, from the post of Sun, 12 Jun: > > > > On Jun 12, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Uri Even-Chen wrote: > > > > > >I don't agree with you, Geoff. What Richard Stallman does as a > > >private person does not mean the FSF in involved. As a private > > >person Ri

Re: RMS, Hosts Must Support Boycott?

2011-06-15 Thread Ira Abramov
Quoting geoffrey mendelson, from the post of Sun, 12 Jun: > > On Jun 12, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Uri Even-Chen wrote: > > > >I don't agree with you, Geoff. What Richard Stallman does as a > >private person does not mean the FSF in involved. As a private > >person Richard Stallman has the right to boyco