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Re:This is what 864GB of RAM looks like now by ajack on Friday January 27, 2012 @12:25PM (#3519100)
It's great that companies post articles describing their architectures and backend systems (and I'm certainly looking forward to your follow-up post detailing your caching system) but why show a picture of commodity hardware available for anyone with enough money? What's impressive is your skills, now how much money is in your bank account.
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Re:This is what 864GB of RAM looks like now by Cushman on Friday January 27, 2012 @01:01PM (#3519299)
This is a picture of $22 million in cash: http://www.common-sense-politics.org/wp-content/uploads/2010...

This is a picture of more than a ton of dried marijuana: http://calpotnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/090410-Corn...

A large amount of one thing in the same place makes for a pretty cool picture. Don't take it so serious.

Now, with that said: 864GB? Pssh. Let's see some terabytes.

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Re:This is what 864GB of RAM looks like now by harrylove on Friday January 27, 2012 @12:59PM (#3519287)
Because it's fun. Toys are fun. Upgrades are fun. That's all it is. And most of us never get to work with that kind of hardware. It's fun to see it all in one place.
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