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Well Flash is actually a resource intensive programme, whereas the other things are not. If you shut down the core OS components the system may become unresponsive, and you won't really save much power as they are used very frequently, and deactivating and reactivating them would possibly make them even more resource costly. (It would happen dozens of times per second, depending on the algorithm.) Shut down networking and then you have a fair bit of delay when restarting it. Shut down Wifi and the same thing. Shut down USB/Thunderbolt ports and your devices become unresponsive. These are just the beginning of what I would take into consideration when designing such a system. Thanks, EBrown

That loaded Mac Pro has the same power as my proposed system, so it's not a bad choice really. But, let's compare: My base system (with the same specs as that Mac Pro): Using this CPU as a substitute: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116492 And this RAM as a substitute: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233384 And this GPU as a substitute: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814105004 And using only two of the SSD's instead of 6, and no HDD's and no monitors: $8,240 This system STILL has a more powerful CPU. It has a .5Ghz faster clock on every core (6Ghz overall faster), and is roughly $1359 less. So really, my proposal is not that far off. You just looked at the $32,000 and didn't really take the other items into account. The fact that it has 8 2560x1600 resolution monitors, the fact that the graphics cards were more overkill than the Mac Pro ones, the fact that it had a .9Ghz faster clock on every core (10.8Ghz overall), and the fact that it had 18TB more storage space. (8.5TB more after you do the RAID configurations I wanted to.) If you had the four $3600 monitors to create the same display size, you are looking at $23,979. Then to add the storage stuff ($2999 for the thunderbolt storage system, you need the 18TB one, configured in RAID 10 to get the same storage redundancy as my proposal, you are up to $26,978. BUT the problem with this is that 18TB of your storage is mechanical HDD, not SSD. So, for $5022 more you get 8 displays (not four, though the total resolution is roughly the same), you get 3TB SSD storage vs 1TB, and you get 16TB HDD storage vs 18TB. The 2TB differential is the killer here. Now I don't know the IOPS and throughput of the Thunderbolt storage, to tell if it compares, but assuming it does you only save $5022, but with the processor differential and RAM clock differential (10.8Ghz CPU clock differential, and the 267Mhz RAM differential), it may be worth the extra $5022. It's also more expandable and such. Using the replacements above, to get a very similar system (apart from the storage replacements), it's $28,850 for the system I proposed. And look, that's only $1872 more than the Apple equivalent. And you still have 6Ghz more CPU power (gross), and 2 more TB of your total storage are SSD. And if I replace four of the SSD's with one more of the HDD's, it's $25,530. That's $1448 less than the Apple equivalent all of a sudden. And the only advantage my proposal has is the 6Ghz overall gain on CPU clock. I can't even find a less powerful six core CPU compatible with that motherboard. So I guess that's as far as I can cut costs. (Again, I rounded my proposal's estimate, it may be between $1000 and $1800 cheaper based on my rounding guesses.) Not saying the Mac Pro is a bad choice (it may be a better one, less configuration requirements, fewer driver problems, etc.), but it is not a cheaper choice, for the same setup. Thanks, EBrown

Can't you chain several displays together? Either way, I really want to pick up about eight of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824002640 Of course, before I do that I need to build the backbone to support it, which includes the following: 1x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131817 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814105005 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116938 1x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233363 1x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139019 1x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817494006 6x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3ER15M5990 8x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236624 Two of the SSD's would be in a RAID 1, for the operating system and programs, to make sure they are kept safe. The other four SSD's would be RAID 10 for speed and reliability for the data that needs to be kept fast. The SSD's would be on the SATAIII ports. Then the eight HDD's would be in a RAID 10 setup so that there are two HDD's in each RAID 1, and then the four RAID 1's are in a RAID 0. For maximum storage and reliability. Overall the project would cost around $32,000. Which is why I haven't started on it yet. Without the graphics stuff (which costs $20,600 alone) the system would cost under $12,000. Which really isn't so bad considering you would have 12 physical CPU cores (24 logical with hyperthreading), 64GB of memory, 8TB HDD usage, 1.5TB SDD usage, and 1600W of potential power. And if you removed RAID you would have even more. Just below 16TB HDD usage space, and 3TB SDD usage space. Thanks, EBrown

Standard Deviation, min, max, etc will all be easy to calculate. You could even do a Box-and-Whisker plot VERY easily. The Bell Curve might take more time. I'm not sure how to produce one with continuous data. I suppose I could research it and send you a synopsis. Thanks, EBrown

It would be nice if there were more statistical information about your test results. (So far you have max and average, but I'd like to see deviation, time of day average, etc.) Forgot to mention, I'd like to see mean, median, standard deviation, and a bell curve for the results as well. Thanks, EBrown

CA3LE....Damon...are we ever going to see this? If not I'll have to figure something else out. (I don't want to have to, but I will if necessary.) Thanks, EBrown

There really isn't a way to copy to clipboard with Javascript, which would be the best way due to it being cross-platform, most browsers prevent that due to the security problems it presents. You could try something similar to: function copyToClipboard(text) { window.prompt("Copy to clipboard: Ctrl+C, Enter", text); } Courtesy of StackOverflow in order to attempt the same thing. This is considered safe because the user decides whether or not to copy it. (Haven't tested it, just assuming it works.) Thanks, EBrown

Damn. What the hell are you running? Are you sure that ProxMox is optimized thoroughly? Thanks, EBrown

I haven't actually tried it, so I can't really comment. All I know is it's an option. I use Xen myself, which works wonders. It has all the features of those fancy Hypervisors but without all the headaches. It's just a plain-jane console. Thanks, EBrown

Little bit. Also, I figured it was. I know for a fact that if you and I got together in the private market we could do some serious damage. Both of us have a very high intelligence level, and I'm curious just how much damage we could do together. (I'm guessing a whole lot, but there's really know real way to create an estimate for a figure like that.) Also, is there a reason you didn't consider VMWare? They have a free Hypervisor. (https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/) Thanks, EBrown

I don't know if that's a compliment or not, but I was simply poking fun at your grammatical errors. Also, you space before and after comma's, which seems wrong to me. But that's more forgivable. Thanks, EBrown

Somehow I can believe it. xD Thanks, EBrown

Mudman, I'm appalled. You ended a parenthesis that you never opened. Thanks,EBrown

This. This. This. This. This. And this. Thanks, EBrown

This. You're pretty much screwed. Thanks, EBrown

I use multiple routers. The border router to my Demarc is a Cisco 1710, then from there I go to a Cisco 1711 which switches off to the different areas of my house. One of the switchports goes to my DLINK DIR-615 for Wireless support. The other three go to my computer, my dad's computer, and another switch. I'm actually planning on switching the order of the two, since the 1711 has four switchports, so I can pipe one of them to my 1710 for my house, and keep the other three for my DMZ/Server Test Bed. Thanks, EBrown

Well I am looking at a very large number of laptop options, I figure if I am going to buy a Windows laptop I should go with an i7, so that it doesn't get outdated any time soon. Thanks, EBrown

Well I've been doing some research, and I may just get a more beefed up Windows Laptop instead, and install Hackintosh on it. This option seems to be quite a bit cheaper, and although it may not last as long, it should save me some money in the long run. Thanks, EBrown

Well from what I have been reading the Mac Book Pro seems like the best choice for what I need. It seems like a pretty awesome device. I can't wait to see the new Retina Mac Book Pro. Thanks, EBrown

Well I'm hoping the new Mac Book Pro's come out soon, as that is the model I will be going with. I need to throw Office for Mac on there, though I may wait and see if a new one comes out next year as I hear is rumored. Thanks, EBrown

I've heard from a reliable source that I should wait a little while before buying a Mac, as the new ones are supposed to come out relatively soon. Also, Tommie, I need something that will last forever. We have a really old Mac at work that still runs everything I need it to for work just fine, and it's several years old. My laptop is starting to wear out, so I think I will be going to Retina Mac Book Pro route. Thanks, EBrown

So, unfortunately I am joining the Apple Bandwagon and preparing to make the transition to the Macintosh platform. I was curious what the opinions were on what would last me longer. I am looking at the Mac Book Pro with the Retina Display (15") with the following: 2.8GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM 768GB Flash Storage And then an iMac (27") with the following: 3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz 32GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 4x8GB 768GB Flash Storage NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2GB GDDR5 In all the Mac users opinions out here, which would last me longer and be more relevant in the future? If I'm going to spend this kind of money I want something reliable and powerful. Thanks, EBrown

This is why I use Unix. Kthxbai. In all seriousness, I have Windows 8 on my Laptop and have had NO issues whatsoever. The problems you had must have been unique to the manufacturer, or device. My laptop came with Windows 7 and I upgraded to Windows 8, so it's even more sketchy. I also use Ubuntu on the same laptop, but it's time to upgrade that as well. Thanks, EBrown

Well I need the Console Support that Xen has, I can do anything and everything through the console, which is necessary for me as I plan to integrate a website with the Xen system so that people can purchase them and they will auto-provision. The programmer should be starting on the work for it soon, and so I'll need to give him exactly what commands need executed and such. I am hoping to start my own virtualization hosting company with the goal of providing the cheapest possible solution for my clientbase. This includes using whatever virtualization software will allow me to create the solution in the most elegant way, which is looking to be Xen. Unless you can show me that proxmox has a command-line set that can be used with it, I don't think it's what I, personally, need from a Virtualization Software. It looks far too GUI based for me. I am liking this CLI stuff much better. Thanks, EBrown

I use Xen for virtualization myself. It's extremely powerful and provides a hardware virtualization platform unlike OpenVZ. Where OpenVZ virtualizes the program platform, Xen virtualizes the entire OS. It's actually pretty neat stuff. I've been trying to get a good benchmark of a Minecraft for a couple days now, and with Xen that is very possible. You can change the quantity of Virtual CPU's allocated to a VM with three commands, command one shuts the VM down, command two changes the CPU count, command three restarts the VM. You can even change how much RAM is available to the VPS on the fly. Technology is becoming very intense now-a-days. One of the coolest things I like about Xen is that you can easily migrate a VM from one machine to another machine while it's running. Hell, in this past week I've virtualized a virtualization platform. I have Xen running on a box inside Virtual Box on my computer, because I don't have the resources to dedicate to performing all this. So it seems there are quite a few different options for Virtualization. I guess it all depends on what the End-User requirements are. Thanks, EBrown