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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:35:37 GMT, "CSM1" <nomoremail@nomail.com>
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>"Curious" <Curious@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> I am in the process of getting (buying or building) a new computer.
>> One of the main tasks that it will be used for is a lot of scanning of
>> paperwork. I want to be able to scan without slowing down other
>> applications I may be using. So my question is, as far as the
>> computer itself, what is the bottleneck for scanning? Is it the CPU,
>> or system RAM, both, either, neither?
>>
>> In other words, which of the following would allow a lot of scanning
>> to be done without slowing down user applications?
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>> 1. Get more RAM
>> 2. Get a dual processor system.
>> 3. Get two systems, and dedicated one for scanning (and use a KVM
>> switch)
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>> Currently I have two systems with KVM but both are way to old for
>> scanning so I am getting a new system(s).
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>> Curious
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>More RAM (minimum 512 MB), A large (greater than 40 GB) and fast (7200 RPM)
>Hard drive.
>Two systems.
I agree with the RAM, but I'd go with one gig. That depends on how
many images you have in memory at a time. Without enough ram the
system will start page file swapping and that will *really* slow it
down.
I can't imagine a 40 Gig HD, but not many have as many photos as I do
currently and even with a good backup system I lost a bunch.
I use a Nikon LS-5000 ED scanner which feeds Photoshop CS.
I use either Nikon Scan, or VueScan. Both work well and both their
faults, but both have their place.
As for two systems: They have their good points and bad points.
I do not like scanning on one and processing on another. I prefer to
scan directly into the processing program with scratch and dust
removal taken care of in the scanning process. If there is a problem
I can immediately go back and redo that negative or slide.
OTOH, with two machines, post processing "can be" faster when done on
a different machine. That is, if you are using both machines at the
same time. I run a lot of apps on both machines and find that the way
they are configured works well for me.
I'm using a Nikon D70 and an old Oly E20N for digital while I use both
an F4S and F8008S for 35 mm.
Computer wise this one is a 3.4 Gig, 64-bit Athlon with one meg cache.
It has 2 Gigs of dual 400 MHz DDR RAM and three 7200 RPM EIDE HDs
totaling 570 Gigs.
The one to my right is a 3.2 Gig Athlon with one gig of RAM, a 400 Gig
SATA RAID, and three 7200 RPM EIDE ATA drives totaling 700 Gig and
soon to go over one terabyte.
The computer in the shop is the slow one and is used for back-ups and
storage across a gigabit Cat-5e network. I tried wireless, but it is
still far too slow. Maybe when the next generation comes out.
All have the new, dual layer DVD/CD R/W drives. I use both Roxio and
Nero. I back up scans and digital photos on two machines and make
dual back-ups on DVDs with one copy in the shop and one in here.
Still, due to my own mistakes I have lost photos. Unfortunately they
were from the digital cameras and could not be re scanned.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
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