Re: Bi-wiring vs bi-amping

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

Generally when building a server I build it into what's known as an
"enterprise case". This usually has twin redundant PSUs,
additional ventilation, and hot-swappable SCSI drive caddies at the
front.
Interesting that you show no illustration of such, of course you wouldn't want the suc - - er, I mean client, to expect something professional for his mere two and a half grand, would you?

You have just proved that you *are* as stupid as you appear. Go to the "Hardware" page. You'll quite clearly see a photo of a datacentre with an AMD Opteron CPU in the foreground.

Of course if someone's on a tight budget then yes, I'll forego the
enterprise case and build it into a PC case, forego the SCSI and
use non-hotswap SATA RAID (yay RAIDframe kernel driver, no need for
hardware RAID) etc etc.
It's called a PC, moron. What you're talking about is server
software.

Pinkerton Usenet Rule #1: When losing an argument, resort to personal insults.

Here's a little surprise for you. Workstations and servers use THE SAME CPU, and very similar components. Hardware designed specifically for servers may be built to a slightly higher standard, but these days workstation-grade components are of sufficiently high quality that you can build a server suitable for SMEs (up to about 15-20 users) using off-the-shelf bits. Lower BOM == higher profits. Simple really.

You've already proved you know even less about computer technology
than you do about audio, so I'd suggest you quit while you're not
too far behind.
It seems that I probably know a fair bit more than you do about IT, and *way* more about audio, Squirrel nutkin.

Actually you know sod all about IT. You've copied and pasted some bits from your employer's website or intranet.

And you've also proved you know sod all about audio as well.

(And about cars and driving, on another thread.)

In fact, the only thing that you probably do know more than me about is how to be an irritating annoying tosser.

Actually there is a rack enclosure in there. Look carefully, it
contains the switches, patch bay and a few ISDN bits and a couple
of fax modems stuffed in for good measure.
I'm talking about a real one, either one or two metres high, with multiple resilient inbuilt UPSs and a basic hot-swappable RAID array,
on top of which you build whatever server and routing kit you might need.

Yup, have installed a few of those. But - I don't need anything that expensive in the office. No point paying for stuff you're not gonna use.

Depends on the client. We use twinned everything for resilience, and separate buildings for redundancy. You *do* understand the difference
between resilience and redundancy, don't you?

Yes, of course:

Resilience: Me in a battle of wits (present opponent appears to be unarmed though).

Redundancy: What you'll be suffering from if your employer saw the *** you post in here.

A Java junkie who thinks he's an IT consultant!
Well, I never use Java. (Unless you mean the coffee, in which case
guilty as charged, the junkie bit anyway.) And as far as web
development goes, I avoid Javascript wherever possible, as it opens
up a whole can of worms with regards to compatibility.
Well, if you're one of the biggest international corporations on the planet, other people have to be compatible with you.....

Except you're not one of the biggest international corporations on the planet. You're a post monkey in a bank, who has never worked in the audio (or IT) industry.

Ah, but the *good* ones like my Pal Mr Petch are driving CL55s while waiting for their Astons to be built! You have 4 years to reach that level.

Oh, yes, the thrill of driving a Merc. For 30 seconds after driving it away from the dealer, everything's perfect. Then a vital bit drops off.

I think the words "thanks but no thanks" spring to mind. And for the record I'd far rather have an RS4.

But then, what would be the point? The car I've got does me fine, and I'm paying Mr Blair a lot less of my hard earned cash than I would be if I had, say, a 4.2 V8 under the hood. The 1.9TDI goes more than fast enough to get you banned, that's for sure - have had it to 137mph downhill with a tail wind according to sat-nav (got the FWD version to 143mph on the dial, over-read was about 4mph on that, so probably about 139). It'll cruise at 100mph quite happily - and that's quite fast enough for me on the motorway 90% of the time. In fact, I usually sit on about 80-90mph doing around 42mpg, engine ticking over at about 3,000rpm.

If you've got money *and* sense, you buy something that appreciates in value, like a house. Rather than something that depreciates like a car.

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