Hello Stan,
Thanks for your response.
My comments are inline below.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Witkowski" <[email protected]>
To: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng." <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 12:02 AM
Subject: GTALUG - BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE WIN XP PC
I suggest:
<snip>
2. Unless you have a specific need (MUST HAVE backup for stock market
trading, for example),
don't install a dial-up modem. Why? (Everything is Internet
based...)
Mainly because I use dial-upon the Win XP system, and I don't want the
hassle of changing it to use DSL, before I get the new Linux PC. Also,
I'm curious to see if the experience with dial-up is better on Linux
than on Win XP.
I do plan, after the Linux PC is operational, to switch to DSL.
3. Install as much RAM as you can afford. (This also allows the use
of a ramdisk,
which can give you VASTLY faster access.)
Personally I would not build a system with under 16 GB RAM, and
better, 32 GB.
Others have mentioned this too. Makes good sense.
I will change the spec to 16 GB and assure expandability to 32 GB.
re:
Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar Blue Internal Hard Drive
750GB 3.5" 7200RPM 6Gb/s SATA 64MB cache;
IMPORTANT: I used Western Digital Green drives (and now their
replacement, the Blue)
ONLY AS BACKUP DRIVES!!! These are "environmentally
friendly",
meaning they will spin down down after a short interval
(2 - 3 minutes)
if there is no access to them, to save on electricity.
THIS IS BAD IN A WORKING SYSTEM!!!
They are perfect as external **ARCHIVE** drives (you write
a bunch of stuff
to them for archival use once an hour, say), but as daily
use drives
they can be a disaster.
Example: The drive is written to, and spins down. A few
minutes later
it is accessed again, and so spins up.
Down/up/down/up.............
Better: Western Digital Black drives = more expensize, but also
tougher, etc.
Advice worth it's wait in gold !!
I'll look at the Western Digital Black drives.
Stan.
(I'm moving in a week and hence am surrounded by packing and chaos
<grin>, so any
replies may be spotty...)
I saw no "spots" ...
Please accept my extra thanks for taking time out from your move, to
advise me.
(I'll follow your progress - may go the same or similar route at some
point later.)
Stay tuned ...
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