Chapter 5 - Custom Configurations

Question 1

workstations used in graphical content design put a strain on what 3 areas of the computer system?

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Answer 1

cpu enhancements
video enhancements
maximized RAM

Question 2

what does CAD mean?

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Answer 2

computer aided design

Question 3

if you have a workstation for editing multimedia material, what three areas will that workstation excel in?

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Answer 3

video enhancements
specialized audio
specialized drives

Question 4

what does NLE stand for?

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Answer 4

nonlinear editing - store video on local drive

Question 5

what is CUDA?

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Answer 5

NVIDIA’s Compute Unified Device Architecture

Question 6

when did we get the original sound cards?

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Answer 6

the 1980s

Question 7

what is something you can do to reduce the required multitasking of a drive in a graphical editing workstation?

do you output your encoded files to the data drive or the system drive?

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Answer 7

uncouple the drive with the operating system and application files from the one that houses the media files (data)

output them to the system drive and move the video over to the data drive once its complete

Question 8

what does RAID 0 give you?

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Answer 8

disk striping without parity

Question 9

you have virtualization workstations and standard servers. which one will get the better cpu enhancements and maximized RAM?

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Answer 9

virtualization

Question 10

you’re running virtual machines. what are 4 important components SHARED by host and all guest operating systems?

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Answer 10

cpu cycles
system memory
drive storage space
systemwide network bandwidth

Question 11

in a virtualization workstation, the max RAM installed is determined by what 3 things?

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Answer 11

the cpu’s address-bus width
the operating system’s maximum supported RAM
the motherboard’s maximum supported RAM

Question 12

you have adopted virtualization. what kind of switch did this process replace?

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Answer 12

the KVM switch

Question 13

you have a gaming pc. what 4 things is your rig going to excel at?

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Answer 13

cpu enhancements
video enhancements
specialized audio
enhanced cooling

Question 14

which technology would you use for your gaming audio?

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Answer 14

S/PDIF

Question 15

tell me two experimental ways of enhancing the cooling of your CPU

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Answer 15

immerse the system in mineral oil

indirect application of liquid nitrogen or helium to the CPU

Question 16

home theater PCs will have 4 specialized pieces. what are they?

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Answer 16

video enhancements
specialized audio
special chassis
tv tuner

Question 17

what gets you the highest quality audio, visual resolution, and video refresh rates?

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Answer 17

HDMI

Question 18

is HDMI capable of eight channel 7.1 surround sound or do you need something else to get the job done?

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Answer 18

HDMI can handle it

Question 19

what power supply should you give your HTPC?

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Answer 19

150 Watts

Question 20

what is a standard thick client?

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Answer 20

the standard configuration that allows the definition of custom configurations (its a standard client computer system)

Question 21

what is a thin client?

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Answer 21

any machine that divests itself of all or most local storage and varying levels of RAM and processing power without giving up all ability to process instructions and data

Question 22

what’s the difference between an ultra thin client and a dumb terminal?

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Answer 22

the clients have a network connection and the capacity to locate the server

Question 23

what 5 features put home server PCs apart from today’s higher-performance systems?

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Answer 23

media streaming capabilities
file sharing services
print sharing services
Gigabit NIC
RAID array

Question 24

in your home server setup, why do you not want to run your client NIC at gigabit speeds?

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Answer 24

because if you do, the device will attempt to saturate the server’s gigabit interface with its own traffic

Question 25

Windows Home Server 2011 implements a ____ ____, typically with 4 hot-swappable drives.

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Answer 25

RAID array