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1. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Thursday, 20-Sep-2012 06:06:19 EDT marjoleink

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   • r7
   @r7 I think the Mobo supports up to 32GB, so there's room to grow. Guess I could start sans swap and see how it goes...
2. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Thursday, 20-Sep-2012 06:04:28 EDT marjoleink

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   • r7
   @r7 exactly - although 16GB is a big jump up from my current (effective) 3GB, I'm now often hitting the limit.
3. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Thursday, 20-Sep-2012 05:49:41 EDT marjoleink

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   • r7
   @r7 I've used hibernation on laptop, never desktop (which often runs backups while I sleep). I'm getting 16GB RAM - but: graphics editing...
4. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Thursday, 20-Sep-2012 05:34:25 EDT marjoleink

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   • happy5214
   • piorekf
   @piorekf @happy5214 @dper thanks! excuse my ignorance when/why would I NOT be using/needing swap?
5. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Thursday, 20-Sep-2012 04:23:47 EDT marjoleink

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   !linux !debian 1 more question: I'm going for a box with a 120GB SSD as 'main' drive + eSATA RAID. where to put swap? SSD/RAID/internal HD ?
6. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2012 17:05:53 EDT marjoleink

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   • mcg
   @mcg so, I read the whole story, plus 2pgs worth of comments - some very good arguments on either side, much food for thought...
7. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2012 09:55:20 EDT marjoleink

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   • mcg
   @mcg the dual-drive HW RAID box I'm looking at now has 24 month warranty. Interesting...
8. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2012 09:52:10 EDT marjoleink

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   • mcg
   @mcg just checked the warranty on the new(ish) Drobo S: 12 months...
9. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2012 09:43:03 EDT marjoleink

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   • mcg
   @mcg thanks, I'll have a look AND store it with my Drobo bookmarks.
10. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2012 09:30:51 EDT marjoleink

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    • mcg
    @mcg hmm, I never have, but I'll keep int in mind. If you have/find a link please let me know. thanks
11. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2012 09:00:47 EDT marjoleink

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    • satipera
    @satipera !linux !debian that will tide me over till I can afford a Drobo... I could get the computer with just internal SSD (120G)
12. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Sep-2012 08:58:46 EDT marjoleink

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    • satipera
    @satipera !linux !debian meanwhile I just found a solution: external box, eSATA, HW RAID (0/1), 2x 3TB drive for €367. + Linux support.
13. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Sep-2012 04:05:11 EDT marjoleink

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    • aegirs
    @aegirs Great, that's good to hear! Just trying to do my homework, mind you!
14. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Monday, 17-Sep-2012 16:39:44 EDT marjoleink

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    • r7
    @r7 yup! Just need to verify this is indeed the model used in these machines I'm looking at! :)
15. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Monday, 17-Sep-2012 16:13:16 EDT marjoleink

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    • r7
    @r7 I have probably found the card reader (its mfr. lists only one): http://www.recom.nl/RC-DR-03.html - they specify Linux support, too
16. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Monday, 17-Sep-2012 14:29:13 EDT marjoleink

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    • r7
    @r7 ah good - that gives me a little more confidence!
17. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Monday, 17-Sep-2012 14:18:23 EDT marjoleink

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    • r7
    @r7 ...wouldn't that make it appear as a normal USB device with several 'drives' for removable media? That's how it looks in Windows
18. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Monday, 17-Sep-2012 14:17:09 EDT marjoleink

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    • r7
    @r7 hmmm - I found a section about CD/DVD in the wiki but see nothing about card readers. It seems to be connected via USB though...
19. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Monday, 17-Sep-2012 14:02:52 EDT marjoleink

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    • r7
    @r7 thanks - same problem as with CD7DVD writer though: brand name + description but no prod. #. And I suspect brand name means very little
20. marjoleink (marjoleink)'s status on Monday, 17-Sep-2012 13:51:58 EDT marjoleink

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    • erkanyilmaz
    • r7
    @r7 @erkanyilmaz thanks - I'm looking at specs for a machine to buy, there is a brand + desc. but no actual product ID - on my list to ask!

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