On 06/09/2010 20:26, André Warnier wrote: > Pid wrote: >> On 06/09/2010 17:51, André Warnier wrote: >>> Pid wrote: >>> ... >>> >>>> Assuming you're not running on hamster powered servers, yes, with >>>> modern >>>> software & hardware it's quite cheap. >>>> >>> I find this remark very discriminatory toward hamsters. What makes you >>> think that hamsters are worse than tomcats or penguins or even >>> apples, he ? >>> We've got several parallel-multi-hamster servers here, and they are >>> doing just fine, even with java. They are also much quieter, more >>> energy-efficient and easier to care for than tomcats or camels. >> >> Hamsters are fickle, unpredictable workers and are notorious for having >> a short life. A hamster wheel, contrary to your assertion, is not quiet. >> >> N.B. An average sized camel won't fit inside the average sized server >> chassis. >> > Neither will a tomcat or a penguin. I mean, they can be made to fit, > but they clog the ventilation channels and that leads to severe > overheating. > Chuck's stick option is interesting however, and I'll bring it up at the > next hardware planning meeting. > To get back to hamsters, contrarily to what you assert they are very > diligent and fast, and they compensate their limited memory with their > built-in storage and pipelining capabilities; they easily fit into > server racks (specially our Roborowskis), and they have a few other > logistical advantages : they do not generate a lot of heat, so we don't > need expensive cooling systems; their lifetime approximately matches > those of Intel chips, so we haven't had to buy new processors in the > last couple of years : we just breed them. This way we have a natural > permanent upgrade process, with always at least 33% last-generation > processors.
> Their one real inconvenient is that they look like mice, so we have to > keep them separate from our tomcats. But for that we use separate racks, > with mod_jk connections. LOL p
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