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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:39:41 -0800
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@lsi.com>
To: "Olien, David" <David.Olien@lsi.com>
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Subject: Re: mail from David Olien about linux desktop
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On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:57:18 -0700 "Olien, David" <David.Olien@lsi.com>
wrote:

> Just to expand on my previous reply, to make sure I'm not jumping to
> conclusions (at the risk of stating the obvious):
> 
> I think these requirements should be adequate.  6 cores would be
> great!
> 
> I'd prefer a SATA controller, it's a lost faster than IDE.  But then
> does ANYONE Build a new desktop with IDE anymore?
> 
> Having an external sata port would be nice.
> 
> I've been using the Western Digital 1TB green SATA drives.  But
> something Similar would be great.

Heh.  The model here is that we use this weird stuff called NAS.  I
built my system 4 years ago, and I got a pair of 300GB drives...I'm
using only 120GB still to this day, and that only because I've got a
dozen NFS roots on it and 2 dozen kernel trees, because: (a) I never
delete any; and (b) since they are NFS roots, I need some fine grain
control of the config/sharing details which isn't appropriate for the
group server.  I do my daily kernel development on my home directory
(NAS) because things like git and stuff are faster, and because of the
snapshots ~:^)

So no worries on the size of the drives.  Your home directory will be
on the NAS (Onstor policy), and trust me when I say it's better.  It
is.  And faster too in many instances except large file streaming, and
even then it's quite decent.

Cheers,

a


> And of course the usual 1GB Ethernet. 
> 
> My mother board supports PCI-E as well,  but I assume every new
> motherboard Does.
> 
> I'll want two monitors, but I'll go through Jobi to order those.
> Any suggestions on good monitors?  The last one I bought was an HP
> 30 inch monitor (it's 2500x1600).  It's really nice, and I only need
> ONE of those But buying two smaller monitors with the dual graphics
> port is probably a lot less expensive.
> 
> Any additions that are practical and you think would be useful would
> be Appreciated.
> 
> As I said, I built my home desktop a few years ago.  So I'm sure
> Things have moved on since then
> 
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Sharp [mailto:andy.sharp@lsi.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:34 PM
> To: Ariyamannil, Jobi
> Cc: Hardiman, Richard; Scheer, Larry; Stark, Brian; Olien, David
> Subject: Re: mail from David Olien about linux desktop
> 
> He will have a linux workstation, guaranteed.  The hardware specs he
> gave are trivial, probably the default, except maybe the memory, but
> still trivial to obtain.  Maybe we can get him a six core even.  I'll
> work with Brian and Rich H. to make it happen.
> 
> We will do the software install and just mail it to him.
> 
> On Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:53:25 -0700 "Ariyamannil, Jobi"
> <Jobi.Ariyamannil@lsi.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > See the email below.  I checked with IT to let him use his personal
> > computer at work, but the company policy is against that.  If there
> > is some way to work around it, please let me know.
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------
> > I'm really not an avid Windows user.  I can use it when I need to.
> > But when it comes to development environment, I'm much more familiar
> > with and comfortable with Linux.  The common configuration I'm
> > familiar with is to have a desktop running Linux, equipped with dual
> > monitors, to have more work space.  There are several features of
> > Linux that I'm accustomed to, that are not available under Windows.
> > 
> > I know that the IT people don't want to support Linux.  They're more
> > focused on the folks running spread sheets and administrative
> > applications, I suspect.
> > 
> > Also, do you know if there is a Linux client for the Cisco VPN?
> > 
> > What I'd propose is to use the vmware tools to take an image of my
> > windows environment.  Then I could run that in a VM under Linux.
> > That way I could use IE when I needed to, and could also continue to
> > use outlook for email if that's needed.  If there is no Cisco VPN
> > client, then I could probably run it under the windows VM.  That
> > would allow me to at least send and receive email from home.
> > 
> > Or I could add a network switch to my cubicle, and my Windows laptop
> > could share a network port with the Linux desktop (I have my own
> > network switch at home that I could bring in to use).
> > 
> > I have my own system that I'd be willing to bring it to use, if that
> > would be acceptable.  It has a single socket, 4-core intel
> > processor, 8 gigabytes of RAM, and a couple terabytes of disk
> > storage, and a dual-ported graphics card that supports dual
> > monitors.  I have been running CentOs on it.  But from what I heard
> > during the interview process, it seems Debian is preferred?  I
> > could install that distro on it instead.
> > 
> > I also have a pair of extra monitors at home as well
> > 
> > For now, I'm reading the documents you pointed us to, and trying to
> > finish up the new employee stuff.  The windows laptop is adequate
> > for that.  But before getting into the source code, I'd really like
> > to have a different desktop.  As I mentioned, I have a system of my
> > own that I'd be willing to bring in to use if that's OK.
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> > 
