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I got 32 additional GB of ram at a low, low cost from someone. What can I actually do with it?

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[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 61 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Open 10 extra tabs in chrome

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

LOL, maybe If I used Chrome.

[–] Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee 43 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 32 points 3 weeks ago

You could run a Java program, but you'd quickly run out of ram.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I used it for virtual machines and Docker containers.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

One docker container per VM just to maximise the ram usage.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I realise that you are making a joke, but here's what I used it for:

  • Debian VM as my main desktop
  • Debian VN as my main Docker host
  • Windows VM for a historical application
  • Debian VM for signal processing
  • Debian VM for a CNC

At times only the first two or three were running. I had dozens of purpose built VM directories for clients, different hardware emulation, version testing, video conferencing, immutable testing, data analysis, etc.

My hardware failed in June last year. I didn't lose any data, but the hardware has proven hard to replace. Mind you, it worked great for a decade, so, swings and roundabouts.

I'm currently investigating, evaluating and costing running all of this in AWS. Whilst it's technically feasible, I'm not yet convinced of actual suitability.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

costing running all of this in AWS

The cost will be oh, so much more than you're expecting. I have not been at a shop where they didn't later go "oh shit. Repatriate that stuff so it doesn't cost us a mint."

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[–] OccasionallyFeralya@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

That just sounds like QubesOS with extra steps

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I unironically do this in proxmox. Keeps things nice and separate and i still have plenty ram left.

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[–] grandel@lemmy.ml 32 points 3 weeks ago

Sell it to somebody at a medium, medium cost who needs it

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 30 points 3 weeks ago
  • Compressed swap (zram)

  • Compiling large C++ programs with many threads

  • Virtual machines

  • Video encoding

  • Many Firefox tabs

  • Games

[–] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I have 16 GB of RAM and recently tried running local LLM models. Turns out my RAM is a bigger limiting factor than my GPU.

And, yeah, docker's always taking up 3-4 GB.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 weeks ago

vram would help even more i think

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 5 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Either you use your CPU and RAM, either your GPU and VRAM

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[–] Jesus_666@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

Run a fairly large LLM on your CPU so you can get the finest of questionable problem solving at a speed fast enough to be workable but slow enough to be highly annoying.

This has the added benefit of filling dozens of gigabytes of storage that you probably didn't know what to do with anyway.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Keep (checks math) 3 more tabs open in chrome.

700 Chrome tabs, a very bloated IDE, an Android emulator, a VM, another Android emulator, a bunch of node.js processes (and their accompanying chrome processes)

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you are on Linux and I guess windows but nor sure. You already use it for cache. So you can never have enough ram. As long as it's the same speed of your existing ram or you will screw yourself in preformence.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm on CachyOS. I made sure to enable DOCP and it's running at 3600mhz

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 11 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

You could make /tmp a ramdisk which probably has some speed benefits.

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[–] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago

Run a local LLM

[–] remon@ani.social 10 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

You never have to close a browser tab again. If a window is full just minimize it and start a new one!

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I hate having more than 5 open at a time. Apparently this is not normal.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago

I do the same. Spare tabs are bad and drain data.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Only 5?

Or did you forget to type a zero or two?

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] hera@feddit.uk 6 points 3 weeks ago

Wow, I've got more than that pinned

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[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Download DeepSeek's 64B model.

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[–] Ordoviz@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago

Store your Firefox profile and all tabs in RAM for snappier browsing: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox/Profile_on_RAM

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I can take 'em off your hands. Three fiddy.

[–] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

God damn Loch Ness Monster, get your own damn memory!

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Here's what you can do with your impressive 64 GB of RAM:

Store approximately 8.1 quintillion (that's 8,100,000,000,000,000) zeros! Yes, that's right, an endless ocean of nothingness that will surely bring balance to the universe.

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[–] scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Open 1000 instances of vim

[–] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

Be in virtual machine heaven

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The best thing about having a lot of RAM is that you can have a ton of apps open with a ton of windows without closing them or slowing down. I have an unreasonable number of browser windows and tabs open because that's my equivalent to bookmarking something to come back and read it later. It's similar to if you're the type of person for whom stuff accumulates on flat surfaces cause you just set stuff down intending to deal with it later. My desk is similarly cluttered with books, bills, accessories, etc.

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[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Photogrammetry (with Meshroom) or 3D scanning (point cloud alignments and processing has some beast requirements).

Meshroom would gladly use any resources it can find within a 20 mile radius.

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[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 6 points 3 weeks ago

Run a LOT of VMs

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

im sorry but you can't do anything with it i guess you're fucked

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Same thing you can do with half a hole. Fix it to keep your mind from wandering.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Run the Adobe suite, crackled of course.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I avoid Adobe like the plague these days. Besides, they don't support my OS anyway.

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