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Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by sysadm1n »

dijit wrote: post #37

Many. 3x Desktops: * AMD TR 3970x // 256G DDR4 ram (current work machine; gentoo) * AMD 3700x // 64G DDR4 ram (previous work machine; popOS) * Intel i7 4930k // 64G DDR3 ram (previous-previous work machine; archlinux) 3x Macs: * Macbook pro (2020), i7, 32G LPDDR4x ram (though his is my employers and will be returned) * Mac Pro (2013), Intel Xeon E5-2697v2, 32G DDR3 ECC ram * iMac (2012), i5, 8G (nice to have as sort…

> Intel NUC

They're too pricey for me. You can get fanless 'Mini PCs' on Amazon for roughly ~$150, but they're not mainstream brands like Intel, but they work like a dream. Mine has been hopping along for 5 years now.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by t-3 »

4 ready-to-go conventional computers (2 desk, 2 lap)

2 routers

7 not-ready-to-go laptops

2 ready-to-go handheld gaming devices which are also general purpose computers

1 not-ready-to-go handheld gaming device and general purpose computer

1 special-purpose handheld gaming device

4 cellular telephones

3 tablets

2 32-bit ARM SoCs

a shitton of microcontrollers, dev boards, and fpgas

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by primis »

Far too many: Retro (6) - PCjr (128k RAM) - IBM PC (640k + 8MB EMS) - SparcStation 20 (64M RAM, 4GB SCSI Drive) - NextStation Turbo (128 MB RAM, SCSI2SD Hard Drive) - XServe G4 (4 GB RAM, 500GB Drive) - PowerMac G5 (1 TB SATA Drive) - Xserve 2009 (32 GB RAM, 1.5 TB Hard Drives)

Laptops (4) - 1st gen Intel MacBook (4 GB RAM, 80 GB Drive) - Thinkpad T420 (16 GB RAM, 1TB SSD) - Surface Pro 3 (4GB RAM, 128 GB SSD) - 2019 i7 Macbook Pro (Work Provided, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD)

Desktops (3) - Ryzen 3rd gen build (48 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, 4TB HDD) - Threadripper (Work Provided, 64 GB RAM, 1TB SSD) - Intel 3770k build (32 GB RAM, 1 TB Boot Drive, 64TB ZFS Cluster)

Misc: - Intel NUC hooked up to a CRT for MAME / SD TV Streaming (5th gen i3, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD) - Surface RT Tablet (collecting dust) - About 10 raspberry pi's with various use cases.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by karmakaze »

Not as many as I used to:

  - MacBook M1 (provided by work)
  - Linux/gaming dual-boot PC
  - MacBook Pro 16 (i7)
  - Surface Go
  - Meta Quest 2
  - Android phone
  - Raspberry Pi
  - Atari 8-bit computers
  - Vectrex game console
Quite a few formerly used laptops and iMacs that should/may still work. Other devices are Roku sticks, early gen AppleTV (for AirPlay only), old phones, PS3, no smart TVs.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by antongribok »

cwiggs wrote: post #90
antongribok wrote: post #83

Laptops: LG Gram 17" 16GB RAM and dual NVMe disks - Fedora, main machine for work Dell XPS 13 - Fedora, wife's laptop Mac Book Pro 16" 2019 - Official work laptop, used as a paperweight Toshiba Tecra 740CDT - Recently revived, Knoppix (kind of retro playground) Desktops: Ryzen 2700X w 64GB RAM 6-disk ZFS - Fedora, backup storage, video transcoding, photo editing Xeon E3-1230 w 16GB RAM - OPNsense, house firewall NAS:…

How is ceph on the RPIs?

Given the single GigE network and SMR drives, it's not very fast, but fast enough for my needs.

More importantly, it is more reliable than running ZFS on a single box, which is what this Ceph cluster is replacing. I've had 100% uptime for 11 months, and I've been able to move the PIs physically around my house in this time.

Also, the power utilization is lower which is actually very impressive. I'm using 2.5" SMR drives, so that helps.

Most of my data is on an erasure-coded pool with a 4+2 setup, and the PIs are fast enough. CephFS has been very reliable on the laptops as clients, and reconnects within 1 second after sleep.

I'm also using compression, and it's not a problem on the PIs.

Re: Ask HN: How many computers you got?

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Post by turtlebits »

simonsarris wrote: post #74

Zero TVs, IoT devices, home automatons, etc. I generally dislike anything that beeps, anything with LEDs. Though I built my own house, I don't even own a microwave. The stove is gas. I like candles. In winter we heat with firewood. Though I have ornamental gardens, I have no watering timers, I water everything by walking around and pointing at it with the hose. for what are called computers: 1 desktop - a 2013 box th…

Off topic - for all the combustibles you have, I hope you have good ventilation and filtration.
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