A sneak peek inside the glorious life of a high-tech Data Center Engineer - HINT - it ain't that glorious!
Decommissioning Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Sierra Supercomputer. https://www.wired.com/story/why-sierra-the-supercomputer-had-to-die/ #Computing #SuperComputer #Sierra #CPU #GPU #Dehydration #LawrenceLivermore #USGov #Simulations #Recycling #Linux #ClassifiedData #Data #OS #HardDrives
#Retro PC site - I like the basic layout
https://theretroweb.com/
▶️ #Motherboard, #BIOS, #Chips, #CPUs, #chipsets
#Expansion #Cards,
#HardDrives, #HD
#Optical #drives #CD,
#Floppy & #Tape #Drives #FDD.
#Drivers & #Software,
#IO ports,
Expansion #slots,
#Sockets,
#Power #Connectors,
#Manufacturers
Hype for the Future 155A → Hard Drive Technologies
Introduction Hard drive technologies have been of significance in the modern technology industry, from early models such as IDE technology to technologies such as EIDE, SAS, SCSI, and SATA, with SAS notable for the fastest drive speeds in revolutions per minute. In any case, however, each technology has since been superseded by similar technologies and succeeding models in the form of solid-state drives, notably with systems based on SATA and later. Read/Write Speeds The transfer speeds […]I write insane amounts of data to my scratch drives (AI models, VMs, you name it). Currently, that is an SSD. I have worn a few below 100%. And since I don't have enough kidneys to sell for more SSDs, I'm trying something kind of retro.
I ordered a USB 3.2 DAS, and will load it with 4x 1TB WD VelociRaptor HDDs. This in RAID0 should give me near 1 gigabyte per second, plenty for the purpose. HDDs don't "wear out" from writing. (EDIT: as fast).
And the sound will be splendid 😁 Stay tuned.
EDIT: It's working fantastic! https://tech.lgbt/@Lydie/116307176095683365
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