• glorkon@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Built my new PC in late 2023… so glad I put 96 GB of RAM into it, despite several people asking me why the fuck I need so much RAM…

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      I’ll be the first to say “well done, you”. I only got 32 could’ve easily spulrged at least for 64.

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      9 days ago

      I saw it coming when Trump got reelected and wanted to setup tariffs. So I upgraded all my PCs before he took office and I am glad I did. Can easily last 5 more years.

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      9 days ago

      I mean I have 16 and 8 in graphics card, I have never used more than half my RAM gaming, maybe you don’t NEED that much RAM.

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        Oh, there can be all kinds of uses.

        For example, I own an LTO tape drive. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get the IBM drivers to compile on my particular flavor of Linux, but I do have a dual boot system.

        Now, Windows is a shitty, shitty OS that I only boot up when I really need to. It interferes with all kinds of stuff in ways I hate, for example - copying files. It just refuses to read large files in a continuous, reliable data stream without any interruptions from my SSD when backing them up to tape. This causes the LTO drive to slow down, speed up, rewind, which is not a good thing because it causes additional wear on the tape.

        Fix: Create a large RAM drive, copy files to RAM drive, run backup with RAM drive as source.

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          9 days ago

          Just throw that in a omv server, idk what drive you have but it should be supported, do whatever works for you though

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            9 days ago

            IBM stopped their support for LTFS, unfortunately. Which I kinda want to use despite all the drawbacks. And well, the RAM disk workaround does the trick, so there’s not enough pain to compel me into investing more time into the issue.