On 2023-11-09 17:59:43, David L. Craig via Dng wrote:
> On 23Nov09:1812+0100, Antony Stone wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 09 November 2023 at 18:07:22, David L. Craig via Dng wrote:
> >
> > > On 23Nov08:2208+1000, onefang wrote:
> > > > Also I doubt my motherboard is hot swappable RAM.
> > > > Never heard of that.
> > >
> > > Definitely this is available on IBM z16 mainframes.
> > > When you're providing 40 TB and seven nines availablity,
> > > that's a must-have feature.
> >
> > I must try asking my local PC supplier for one of those.
> >
> > I think my budget might stretch only to 24 TB RAM, though.
>
> Most PC vendors are not able to sell Z Series products.
> Seven nines has to be a real need for the customers who
> can make a profit despite the high TCO--guys like VISA
> and Wall Street too-big-to-fail types. Note Debian runs
> in virtual machines on that HW (and Devuan--systemd is
> not required by Z Architecture).

My super desktop isn't quite THAT super.

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