[GRASSLIST:9322] Re: Best hardware for running GRASS?

[David Finlayson]

For the most part GIS is IO-bound. So, you get the most bang for the
buck by going with lots of ram and fast disks. CPU is less important
(except for 3-D in which case a nice video card is a must).

I've got a brand new AMD64 2800 with 2 gb ram (running in 32-bit mode)
and an old Pentium IV (?) 1800 Mhz with 1.5 gb ram. I didn't notice
much of a speed increase going to the AMD chip in GRASS. Though I
haven't tried compiling grass in 64-bit yet. Maybe that would have
some impact?

David

On 12/5/05, Kenneth Cabrera <krcabrer at epm.net.co> wrote:
> Hi GRASS users:
>
> In your opinion and experience, which hardware configuration
> is the best to run GRASS over LINUX ?
>
> With "best" I mean best performance,
> and also cheapest. (about U$ 2.000 the whole basic system:
> mother board+CPUs+RAM+HD)
>
> By the way, which LINUX distribution is the best to
> run GRASS with huge data base?
> and in combination with what kind of (cheap) hardware?
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
> Kenneth
>
> Happy Holydays!!
>
>
>
>


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