It was long past time for a good "house cleaning".
When we acquired our third rack-mounted Dell Server, I took a deep breath and stepped off the deep end of the high-technology pool and set up some "hyper-visor-based" virtual computers on the machine pictured below. That done, many of the "specialized" desktops (with customized software installed) were shut off and never used again.
On a normal day, this Windows 2012 Datacenter Server (having two processors with four cores each, 64 gigabytes of memory and six (yes, 6!) one (1) tetra-byte hard drives) plays host to 6 virtual machines. A virtual machine is a software-based emulation of a computer, be it a desktop, workstation, or server. Virtual machines operate based on the computer architecture and functions of a real or hypothetical computer. So in short, this one "box" takes the place of seven (7!) individual computers.
One of those seven computers is "my" computer running Windows 8.1 and you know something? IE11 still kind of sucks even when you have 2 CPU's and 10 Gigabytes of memory) so I loaded FireFox on it. I'm not too sold on Windows 8 either...
The "big" server "talks" to the other two Dell Servers (one Windows Server 2008 R2 with the corporate files and one Windows Server 2012 that is home to a number of large databases) via a dedicated gigabit network.
Being that my home-office computer was Windows XP (and more than satisfactory for what I used it for), it was replaced with one of the retired Windows 7 Professional workstations from the office. Such a sacrifice in the name of security! I was off-line for a couple days or so while I played musical computers (and files there on) but the new computer is much, much faster - I'll need to learn how to type much, much faster! And I cna alreedy ytpe 300 wrods pre mniuet!!!
Now to take about a dozen old, dusty computers to the electronics recycle center.
I might just keep the Windows 98 computer though, in case the local historical society wants it.
11 comments:
Some of what you were talking about was above my pay grade, but it must be nice to have one server replace seven individual computers.
I can already tell your typing is better with the newer computer. ;-)
I think I'd keep that Windows 98 just for prosperity. Its amazing how fast technology changes these days that things become obsolete or old very fast; I remember XP when it first came out and how it seemed a bit of improvement from the previous one.
Always good to do house cleaning :)
betty
Ah...now I don't feel so bad about my frankenstein computer! =)
I'd keep the 98 too, just for the heck of it. I was able to follow most of what you're doing, but the virtual machine part kinda loses me. Nice typing too! hahhahha
Wow you speak computer real good! The more I hear about windows 8 the less I want it and I hope nothing crashes. I have to check out my laptop and see what it is.
Impressive piece of machinery that can take the place of that many computers.
I am certain that you can type way faster than me:)
I hate how quickly technology becomes ancient these days... You just get used to something and you have to update it because it's too out of date.
I do love listening to computer-speak, even though I don't understand what you were talking about. You sound like Dagan. (He helps computers talk to each other for a living.) Oh, you young folk! ROFL!
You are too funny. But my ding dang computer at church is windows XP and I know the smart thing is to ditch it rather than just update the operating system. It is 9 years old. Gawd I hate that headache. I asked Fr. Greg if there was someone at the Chancery (main office) who was their computer guru and he replied I knew more than anyone there. So....... do I embrace 8? I've not heard much good about it.
your either speaking in Mandarin or I had a stroke..
You lost me at "as a totally obsolete FTP site". I'm glad you know what you're doing. LOL I know you have tried explaining the "virtual computer" to me before.
Have a great weekend. Happy Easter!
HEAD IS SPINNING
(but you could talk with the old man here like that)
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