Do you mean live migration from one server to another in the same cluster? I built a 3-server Proxmox last Spring and was able to do that just fine. Virtually zero downtime on the switchover. I did have to include Ceph storage to be able to do that - but all this is free, open source (if you don't need their paid support).

I have yet to spin my vSphere back up after doing Proxmox. But to be fair, the servers are almost always powered down.

Sorry, friend - but I've tried reading your post several times and can't quite make sense of what you are saying. I think maybe my AMD processor is interfering with my comprehension.

Crystal ball tells me the studios' lawyers already identified a loophole. They will find non-actors who are spitting images of famous actors and license the non-actor's likeness for a pittance of what the real actor would have received. In a way this is already done with voice actors. There is a series of ads I hear on AM radio for survival food packs with a voice actor that sounds all the world like Sam Elliott. I finally looked online and found him. I'm sure he's happy with 2% of what Sam would have charged to voice those commercials :-)

I agree! I just spent about 5 weeks working with Scratch. And it completely cured my itch to program...

Sure can. It's called Devuan

I'm confident that Amazon's "express" delivery times is highly skewed toward large population centers. This is innately true simply due to average number of customers per square mile, but I also believe Amazon may have a thumb on the scale such that they are only counting shipment times to large metro customers.

Up until mid 2019 I lived in the Seattle metro area and routinely got next day delivery and an occasional same day delivery. Seldom did anything take longer than 2 days.

In mid 2019 we moved to Coeur D'Alene Idaho. At the time, Amazon was constructing a distribution center in Spokane (about 35 miles from our new home) but it took most of our first year in CdA before the center came online.

We were looking forward to that great "next day delivery" experience we previously received.
Didn't happen.

We still shop Amazon and are Prime members (use their video services a lot, so other than the shipping that's a benefit to us). But now we see anywhere from 3 days to 7 days (sometimes longer). The most annoying part of this delay is that we'll place an order and Amazon quotes the 3 to 7 day delivery time, but then they don't ship for several more days! If the shipment occurred quickly after we placed the order, we would be getting at least 2 day delivery on almost everything. And interestingly, I don't think I've ever seen anything we purchased originating from the Spokane distribution center. What is Spokane stocking? Toilet paper?

On July 20th I ordered a Waterpik (my old one broke, so wanted a replacement quickly). It shipped on July 24th (from San Antonio TX) and arrived July 27th's in the afternoon. So over 7 days. I could probably have driven the 5 miles to Walmart and had one in my hand same day. Grrrr.

My friend, you are WRONG.

ECC memory exists, and has existed, for decades. Most use Hamming code to correct single bit errors in a memory word and detect double bit errors. Most server class computers include an ECC error log in hardware to track corrected errors. If a RAM device (i.e. DIMM) encounters errors (single bit, which were corrected), they are logged and when the count reaches a threshold it is reported through a system monitoring interface. This alerts the user that a RAM device is "flaky" and recommended for replacement.

Strike the word "photosynthesizing" for a moment, and I think you've defined cancer. So - we need an Earth-covering layer of cancerous algae? :-)

.. using all new code.

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What comes next?

I was purchasing a 20 acre plot in the country once (on a lease to own contract) and was working out how to build a home on it. The most desirable part of the property turned out to be a granite knoll. In trying to work out how to put in a septic tank and drain field, the consultant walked us down the knoll to the edge of the property where a small pond was located. It was pretty much the only option for a drainfield as everywhere else was granite.

I went "Oh this should work well. We can end the pipe right about here." The consultant then explained that the regulations prohibited a drainfield on "wetlands", and further noted that "wetlands" encompassed any land with evidence that it had ever been inundated. Seasons be damned! That 100 year flood left evidence of flooding on all of this permeable surface. So you can forget about putting a drain field here at all.

... I'm building my own home router from a single board computer at this very moment. I just got the new Star64 SBC booting Linux. The Star64 has two on-board gigabit Ethernets, which is the main reason I chose it. FINALLY I can build an inexpensive home router without using an IBM PC board.

I can already see replies of "yeah, but it's running a Chinese designed and manufactured CPU!". True. But I'd be astounded if I found a CPU chip able to open back doors in my operating system on its own. There's always the chance that someone sneaked some back door stuff into Linux but in my opinion the chance of that is WAY lower than having a back door in a Chinese designed and manufactured consumer router - as shipped from their factory.

The only system that is 100% hackproof from the Internet is a computer that is not connected to the Internet.

This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?... ... video includes a performance review of the VisionFive 2 board, which uses the same processor as the Star64.

Summary: If you are looking for performance, stick with ARM. This chip is not yet competitive with latest ARM designs. RiscV is still new and will take a while to evolve. Given ARM's huge head start, RiscV may never catch up. So again, if you're strictly concerned with performance, skip this and stay with ARM.

Having said that, are you aware that ARM just announced that they are changing their license model so that their royalty per CPU will be based on the cost of the device it is used in, rather than a straight "per CPU ARM license?" I doubt this will make a big change to SBC prices, as they are quite affordable. I think it's aimed more at the premium smartphone market, where ARM wants a bigger "piece of the action". This is part of ARM's ambition to go public soon.

My interest in this board is that RiscV is an open instruction set (which is not the same as open source, but still more free than fully proprietary), and most importantly - DUAL GIGABIT ETHERNETS AT A MODEST PRICE! I have been waiting years for a board like this.

Not true. After the 2008 nightmare, the Dodd-Frank Act was passed which gives banks the authority to convert depositors' money into shares of stock in the bank. This is called a "bail-in" (as opposed to "bail-out") and is the new reality.

Notwithstanding FDIC insurance which in theory protects the first $250,000 of any single account balance, the rest is subject to "conversion" to bank stock. Now who out there wants their cash deposits converted to stock in a failed bank? (raise your hands).

This applies to United States banking institutions. I do not know how things are done in other countries but I believe the "bail-in" concept may be widely implemented now.

And on my previous comment about FDIC insurance coverage in theory, one should note that FDIC reserves are sufficient to cover about 1.5 percent of all the accounts they insure. They're fine to cover a single "medium size" bank failure, but who knows the outcome in the event of failure of very large institutions and/or systemic failure?

No mod points or I would mod this up (all the way up, except for the cynic about them getting a tax deduction). I was reading the post and discussing it with my wife and came to exactly the same conclusion. They could still be recycling the worn out shoes while selling the still usable shoes and that's a good thing

Oh, and anyone with Google Maps and the initiative to check can find that SIngapore is about 15 miles from Balam island - they are separated by the Singapore Strait. So saying it "crossed international boundaries" is about as impressive as saying something went from Detroit Michigan to Windsor Canada. (Well, a little more impressive as Detroit/Windsor only involves crossing a river.)