Should Linus to a 1 terabyte of ram project?

[jrcraft]

After Linus did the 1 petabyte storage setup, I thought He should do a 1 terabyte project for ram. Share your thoughts!

[Damascus]

I can think of one application for a tb of RAM in the context of linus.  The 10 editors one pc rig thing he's thinking of doing with dual thread ripper and a bunch of GPUS could support the RAM but it would be an abject waste of RAM soooo....

[ARikozuM]

"Should Linus to a 1 terabyte of ram project?"

 

[Coaxialgamer]

why ? RAM is expensive and buying that much " for the lolz" isn't justifiable .

[zzzzzzzhhh]

He was running out of storage space, so it is natural he would upgrade it. Is he having issues with his RAM? Probably not.

[TheGleaner]

Well he could with that supermicro superserver(?) he used in 10/1 cpu, that can support up to 1.5 terabytes per cpu, so he could do a 3 terabyte ram one, although there was a lot of hoops to jump through when I tried to order that for my business's setup(got to love ram intensive custom programs)

[PCGuy_5960]

6 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

"Should Linus to a 1 terabyte of ram project?"

Grammar: the difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit.

[Changis]

2 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Grammar: the difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit

yore*

[ARikozuM]

Just now, Changis said:

yore*

How long until he notices the missing period?

[mariushm]

Memory is expensive....

 

For 1 TB, you could go for example with a 4 cpu motherboard and with 32 x 32 GB memory sticks, for a total of 1 TB of memory but 32 GB sticks are expensive ($3-400 a piece) .. here's an example

 

If you go down to 512 GB, 16 GB sticks are more reasonable at around 50$ each.

 

and it's pointless anyway, they don't have anything that would be helped by so much memory.

[SCHISCHKA]

linus should build a super computer

linus should build a UFO

linus should write his own operating system

linus should run a tech channel where he actually talks about things above retail level

Just now, Changis said:

yore*

*yoar

 

 

[TheGleaner]

Just now, mariushm said:

Memory is expensive....

 

For 1 TB, you could go for example with a 4 cpu motherboard and with 32 x 32 GB memory sticks, for a total of 1 TB of memory but 32 GB sticks are expensive ($3-400 a piece)

 

If you go down to 512 GB, 16 GB sticks are more reasonable at around 50$ each.

 

and it's pointless anyway, they don't have anything that would be helped by so much memory.

This is about linus, it doesn't have to have a point(ie: x gamers 1 cpu)

[2FA]

7 minutes ago, TheGleaner said:

This is about linus, it doesn't have to have a point(ie: x gamers 1 cpu)

The difference is that was a proof of concept. This has already been done before and Linus doesn't have a use for one.

[mariushm]

Just now, TheGleaner said:

This is about linus, it doesn't have to have a point(ie: x gamers 1 cpu)

It's also about being realistic ... the viewers of the channels are not what the server memory guys aim for, so there would be no sponsor interested in loaning them $10k worth of memory sticks for a week or more (to make a video), there's no benefit for anyone.

 

[Changis]

1 minute ago, TheGleaner said:

This is about linus, it doesn't have to have a point(ie: x gamers 1 cpu)

but it's as silly as building a machine that gives you 1000fps in games.. why do it? where is the lulz factor? "look at how much equipment i put into this drive".. linus videos are more like taking 20 fast usb drives and running them in raid for the lulz 

[TheGleaner]

1 minute ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

The difference it that was a proof of concept. This has already been done before and Linus doesn't have a use for one.

So if linus has no need for it, whats the point of doing it multiple times?

 

1 minute ago, Changis said:

but it's as silly as building a machine that gives you 1000fps in games.. why do it? where is the lulz factor? "look at how much equipment i put into this drive".. linus videos are more like taking 20 fast usb drives and running them in raid for the lulz 

I don't see a point(in doing) in any of what you said, yet I can see him doing that for...(what?) then again I picture the title: 3TB of Ram in one computer- Holy $hit ep. whatever

1 minute ago, mariushm said:

It's also about being realistic ... the viewers of the channels are not what the server memory guys aim for, so there would be no sponsor interested in loaning them $10k worth of memory sticks for a week or more (to make a video), there's no benefit for anyone.

 

I'm sure they could get them somehow.

[2FA]

2 minutes ago, TheGleaner said:

So if linus has no need for it, whats the point of doing it multiple times?

Proof of concept

[EunSoo]

9 minutes ago, mariushm said:

It's also about being realistic ... the viewers of the channels are not what the server memory guys aim for, so there would be no sponsor interested in loaning them $10k worth of memory sticks for a week or more (to make a video), there's no benefit for anyone.

 

I don't think the viewers of the channel are interested in buying a petabyte of storage either. They still did it and got it sponsored by Seagate and it was a great video that many viewers of the channel enjoyed. I'm not saying a 1tb of ram video is or isn't a good idea but your argument is flawed.

[Andster29]

Why not. Even just to show people something that they may not see everyday. He could use it as a ram cache for the editors on his 10g network. Would be faster for all that 8K video they got.

[TheGleaner]

Just now, DeadEyePsycho said:

Proof of concept

Yes I get that but its like building multiple sizes of vehicles when we know it will work already(ie: a monster truck will work in the same way as a prius: it can get you from a to b) If I am on the same track of thinking as you are: we should build a vehicle(s) up to the size of earth to prove that they will work.

[mariushm]

10 minutes ago, SCGazelle said:

I don't think the viewers of the channel are interested in buying a petabyte of storage either. They still did it and got it sponsored by Seagate and it was a great video that many viewers of the channel enjoyed. I'm not saying a 1tb of ram video is or isn't a good idea but your argument is flawed.

They NEEDED the 1 petabyte storage (for the 8K recording they do for Youtube and for OTHER contract jobs/projects that may pay more like adverts, corporate training videos)

They would have bought hard drives anyway - my guess is the sponsorship was more like "give us a 20-50% discount on the drives and you'll get the name in the video" or we go with WD/HGST/Toshiba/etc

 

A 1 TB ram would be useless ... video would get few views, they wouldn't get to keep the memory as its too expensive not to mention the dual/quad cpu server to hold all the memory and honestly, some people/contacts are willing to waste their time with you up to a point .. rather than wasting an opportunity by making a crap 1 tb ram video, save that person's good will for better things.

[jrcraft]

6 hours ago, jrcraft said:

After Linus did the 1 petabyte storage setup, I thought He should do a 1 terabyte project for ram. Share your thoughts!

You all know that you can use a normal storage device as ram right? So technically, it would only take a 1tb high speed ssd. Not $10K worth of ram sticks.

[Drak3]

The ultimate RAMDisk.

 

Or the ultimate PrimoCache.

 

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