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When they say "server" it means the (cheap) hardware and the (very expensive) software to drive these complex and critical systems.
by edoceo 1y ago
When they say "server" it means the (cheap) hardware and the (very expensive) software to drive these complex and critical systems.
- mschuster91 1y agoIf it's mainframe, and there is no reason to believe it's not given the strict requirements, the hardware is expensive as fuck and the people who can keep these beasts alive are just as expensive.
- WillPostForFood 1y agoI think they are running on old Sun Ultra workstations, not mainframes. Hardware easily replaced and upgraded with much faster, cheaper options. Difficulty is much more on the software side.
- sillywalk 1y ago> I think they are running on old Sun Ultra workstations It looks like it, though in this brochure there is a bunch of what look like Sun rackmount servers in the background as well: https://web.archive.org/web/20120930072126/http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/stellent/groups/public/documents/content/cms01_052837.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120930072126/http://www.raythe...
- heraldgeezer 1y agoVery interesting. Looks like the LITE STAR runs on the Workstation and the full STAR deployment runs on the servers. But can you even buy these now? A new STAR server setup must be x86 and virtualized,no? Maybe even cloud?
- edoceo 1y agoAgree, I didn't mean 10k servers, I mean 100k servers (eg); and I also meant $10M persons. Trying to (poorly) state a two orders spread.