Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Nov 15 18:31:16 CST 2012
It might be better, when you are docked, to have more than one screen. My daughter, who is currently working on a couple of large graphic projects, has three to five screens attached. Only three are used directly from her desktop system and the other two are just there to monitor server compiles. (She uses some kind of USB graphic box to run them all). She even has everything patched into their TV flat-screen and then she can watch and garner suggestions on the near finished modules. The beauty of it is that you can have your studio application running in one screen and the application outputs on the others. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov Shamil Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 5:37 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] i7 Ivy Bridge, 4 cores, 8-16GB RAM etc. Hi Gustav -- Yes, the screen estate is the issue. I plan to have at least two: one for VS IDEs, another for Internet, docs, running in test mode custom programs UI, WinPhone emulator... Thank you. -- Shamil Чтв 15 Ноя 2012 12:29:55 от "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>: > > > > >Hi Shamil > > That makes sense, though I rarely work that way. But I mounted my new ThinkStation with 12 GB ram so flying a handful instances of VS would not be a problem - I have tried just for the fun. > What is a problem, however, is screen estate. Even with my 1920x1200 screen I could often use a second to view a pdf or search some sites or browsing mail during daytime. Or for the phone emulator. > > /gustav > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil > Sendt: 15. november 2012 10:45 > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] i7 Ivy Bridge, 4 cores, 8-16GB RAM etc. > > Hi Gustav -- > > I wanted to keep Visual Studio on VMs if that will work quick enough assuming that in the near future it will become affordable for SMB software development companies to keep their development systems running "on cloud" ... > > I have a few customers but if I'm working on the projects of one customer then I have two to four Visual Studio instances open each keeping from several to a dozen of projects, as well as MS Access, Word, Excel etc. - if it happens I have to switch to another customer's projects I have to close the first one VS solutions - just putting a VM to background and activating another one with the second customer development environment ready to use would have saved quite some time - I could have worked on several customers projects in parallel, I'm trying to avoid doing that "multi-tasking" currently as just switching VS environments is time consuming. Also doing some R&D while working on a customer project would be better done on a separate system box/VM.... > > So, yes, I suppose that having a ready to use VM for each customer/R&D/deploying context would be helpful to effectively work on several customers projects in parallel and to do R&D or at least having one customer's projects in "main development mode" and keeping the others' projects in "ready to switch and quick-fix urgent issues" mode... > > Thank you. > > -- Shamil > > Чтв 15 Ноя 2012 10:08:42 от "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi Shamil > > > > > > A matter of preferences, I think, but I keep the main developing apps - Visual Studio - on the main machine with an SQL Server Express. > > > Running local VMs on a workstation is mostly a question of enough ram installed. > > > > > > Are you sure you need a VM for each client? > > > > > > /gustav > > > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > > Fra: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil > > > Sendt: 15. november 2012 08:09 > > > Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > > > Emne: [dba-Tech] i7 Ivy Bridge, 4 cores, 8-16GB RAM etc. > > > > > > Hi All -- > > > > > > When using subj system: i7 Ivy Bridge, 4 Cores, 8-16GB RAM etc., what would be the most optimal way to configures such a system box? > > > > > > I'm going to keep original installed by manufacturer system as virgin as possible and to use VMs (VMWare Workstation 9(?)) for my everyday development work: > > > > > > - one VM for every customer apps development (I do not have that much customers); > > > - one VM for the Internet browsing, documentation/books reading; > > > - one VM for MS SQL server and databases; > > > - ... > > > > > > The subj system has 8GB installed would that be good enough? (not sure yet the subj RAM can be extended to 16GB - ASUS support told me it can't, but PC shops tell it can - I'm going to test that issue directly in the shop in the coming days...) > > > > > > The subj system could also support up to four(?) displays so in theory I can have every VM assigned a dedicated display... > > > > > > The subj system can have two HDD so there should be plenty of space to keep VMs images, and if the subj system box supports 16GB then currently used VMs (3-4) should completely fit RAM I expect.... > > > > > > Please advise on such a system configuration strategy based on your experience - I have never used such a system box before. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > -- Shamil > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com