Hallo Maurice!   
      
    MK> Note that I didn't bother word wrapping the above quote   
      
   It got buggered up somewhere between here and there.   
      
    MK> Double the penguins on bootup as well.   
      
   That is nice.  I vote we double it again with an eight core, two threads per   
   core, Xeon D series, which if I do the math correctly adds up to 16 penguins   
   on bootup.  If we wait until next year we might evn find a suitable 10nm   
   jobber.  I think those will be called Ice Lake and noticed there is already   
   optimizations for them in gcc-8.  ;-)   
      
    MK> Also to your advantage is uptime in a power outage given power   
    MK> consumption from a 12VDC backup battery.   
      
   If that is our only concern then I believe the Rock64 we are contemplating   
   adding to the mix here would most definetly win in that category.  Mind you   
   only four penguins on bootup but then again so is this one ... not to mention   
   at far greater power consumption ... nevermind purchase price and runtime   
   costs.  Offhand I think the Rock64 might be a winner with 4G of DDR3, which is   
   exactly what this machine is limited to.   
      
   On the other hand, 16 penguins on bootup with 128G of ECC DDR4 is EXTREMELY   
   tempting despite the fact that we can't afford it.  Given that, power   
   consumption and runtime costs are moot points.  :::sigh:::   
      
   Het leven is goed,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.   
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