On 27/06/2013 12:00, Mick wrote:
> On Thursday 27 Jun 2013 09:19:02 Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 26/06/2013 16:28, Mick wrote:
>
>>> cat /etc/local.d/set_radeon_power_profile.start
>>> echo auto > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile
>>
>> I did try that once, and somehow it went horribly wron
On Thursday 27 Jun 2013 09:19:02 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 26/06/2013 16:28, Mick wrote:
> > cat /etc/local.d/set_radeon_power_profile.start
> > echo auto > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_profile
>
> I did try that once, and somehow it went horribly wrong - the machine
> became *very* unrespo
On 26/06/2013 16:28, Mick wrote:
> I have this card:
>
>*-display
> description: VGA compatible controller
> product: RV730/M96-XT [Mobility Radeon HD 4670]
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> physical id: 0
>
On 2013-06-26 10:17, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> ATI display to get away from nVidia, I think that was a mistake and next
> time will be going back to nVidia whose power management actually works.
Just a small note:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTM5NjE
Best regards
Peter K
On Wednesday 26 Jun 2013 09:17:37 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 26/06/2013 08:32, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> > Can you give me the full speclist of your machine with the part-numbers?
> > I am checking if a new machine will fit my budget and your workload looks
> > similar to mine :)
>
> It's a Dell Preci
On Wednesday 26 Jun 2013 00:29:04 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 25/06/2013 23:44, Mick wrote:
> > On Tuesday 25 Jun 2013 21:59:20 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >> On 25/06/2013 21:10, Mick wrote:
> > I think it is used to RAID the SSD onto the hard drive, so that it can be
> > replicated onto a new SSD if/wh
On Wednesday 26 Jun 2013 01:17:05 Stroller wrote:
> On 25 June 2013, at 20:10, Mick wrote:
> > ...
> > I am considering my options for a new rig destined to last a few years
> > and one of the Dell machines on offer has this Intel SRT fake-raid
> > feature, which after some cursory googling, I am n
On Wed, June 26, 2013 11:21, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 26/06/2013 11:13, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>> On Wed, June 26, 2013 10:53, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>> On 26/06/2013 10:39, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> Cost was ZAR 20k, I don't know if that means anything to you, it's
> hard
>> to relate ZA pric
On 26/06/2013 11:13, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> On Wed, June 26, 2013 10:53, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 26/06/2013 10:39, J. Roeleveld wrote:
Cost was ZAR 20k, I don't know if that means anything to you, it's hard
> to relate ZA prices with price of living in EU
>>> 20k Rand = 1.5k Euro. Sounds
On Wed, June 26, 2013 10:53, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 26/06/2013 10:39, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>>> Cost was ZAR 20k, I don't know if that means anything to you, it's hard
>>> > to relate ZA prices with price of living in EU
>> 20k Rand = 1.5k Euro. Sounds about right for a performing laptop.
>>
>> Th
On 26/06/2013 10:39, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>> Cost was ZAR 20k, I don't know if that means anything to you, it's hard
>> > to relate ZA prices with price of living in EU
> 20k Rand = 1.5k Euro. Sounds about right for a performing laptop.
>
> The price of living in EU depends a lot on which country y
On Wed, June 26, 2013 10:17, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 26/06/2013 08:32, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>>> I sort of just keep loading it up till I run out of things to leave
>>> > open, and never notice the difference. This is an 8 core i7 with 16G
>>> RAM
>>> > and 128G SSD - complete total overkill for an
On 26/06/2013 08:32, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>> I sort of just keep loading it up till I run out of things to leave
>> > open, and never notice the difference. This is an 8 core i7 with 16G RAM
>> > and 128G SSD - complete total overkill for any rational usage, even a
>> > busy devops sysadmin - but we
On Wed, June 26, 2013 00:13, William Kenworthy wrote:
> On 26/06/13 04:59, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 25/06/2013 21:10, Mick wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I am considering my options for a new rig destined to last a few years
>>> and one
>>> of the Dell machines on offer has this Intel SRT fake-raid f
On Wed, June 26, 2013 01:29, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 25/06/2013 23:44, Mick wrote:
>> On Tuesday 25 Jun 2013 21:59:20 Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>
>
> Unless that is, Dell's website is using the PR/Marketing definition of
> what RAID is. By definition, no-one that ever reads this mailing list
> can un
Alan McKinnon wrote:
> You will notice the grunt those i7s can deliver when you start to do
> this (sort of typical for mine...): 3 virtualbox vms running, 1
> Windows for IE and Office 30 tabs open in firefox emerge world going
> on set to -j32 -l8 30-odd konsole tabs open, often more than half
>
On 25 June 2013, at 20:10, Mick wrote:
> ...
> I am considering my options for a new rig destined to last a few years and
> one
> of the Dell machines on offer has this Intel SRT fake-raid feature, which
> after some cursory googling, I am not entirely sure will work with Linux.
Is it possible
On 26/06/2013 00:24, Mick wrote:
>> Use soft raid, its performance is at least as good (there was a report
>> > saying it was usually better, even against some lower end dedicated raid
>> > cards which were resource constrained), and its portable.
>> >
>> > Thats not to say "dont use the box" - th
On 25/06/2013 23:44, Mick wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 Jun 2013 21:59:20 Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 25/06/2013 21:10, Mick wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I am considering my options for a new rig destined to last a few years
>>> and one of the Dell machines on offer has this Intel SRT fake-raid
>>> feature,
On Tuesday 25 Jun 2013 23:13:24 William Kenworthy wrote:
> On 26/06/13 04:59, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > On 25/06/2013 21:10, Mick wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I am considering my options for a new rig destined to last a few years
> >> and one of the Dell machines on offer has this Intel SRT fake-r
On 26/06/13 04:59, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 25/06/2013 21:10, Mick wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am considering my options for a new rig destined to last a few years and
>> one
>> of the Dell machines on offer has this Intel SRT fake-raid feature, which
>> after some cursory googling, I am not enti
On Tuesday 25 Jun 2013 21:59:20 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 25/06/2013 21:10, Mick wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am considering my options for a new rig destined to last a few years
> > and one of the Dell machines on offer has this Intel SRT fake-raid
> > feature, which after some cursory googling,
On 25/06/2013 21:10, Mick wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am considering my options for a new rig destined to last a few years and
> one
> of the Dell machines on offer has this Intel SRT fake-raid feature, which
> after some cursory googling, I am not entirely sure will work with Linux.
bah, that fake
Hi All,
I am considering my options for a new rig destined to last a few years and one
of the Dell machines on offer has this Intel SRT fake-raid feature, which
after some cursory googling, I am not entirely sure will work with Linux.
Have you any experience with this and perhaps know if a Linu
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