Are these specs enough to run LOGOS?

Pastor James
Pastor James Member Posts: 273 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum


  • Two 2.93GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon “Westmere” (12 cores)
  • 32GB (8x4GB)
  • Mac Pro RAID Card
  • 512GB solid-state drive
  • 512GB solid-state drive
  • 512GB solid-state drive
  • 512GB solid-state drive
  • Two ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
  • Two 18x SuperDrives
  • Apple LED Cinema Display (27" flat panel)
  • Apple LED Cinema Display (27" flat panel)
  • Apple Magic Mouse

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  • Jerry M
    Jerry M Member Posts: 1,680 ✭✭✭

    Yes, but if you use three to four flat panel displays you will use fewer floating windows :)

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  • Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)
    Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :) MVP Posts: 23,165

    Jerry M said:

    Yes, but if you use three to four flat panel displays you will use fewer floating windows :)

    A Pair of 27" Apple displays (or 27" iMac + 27" LED Display) has a resolution of 5,120 pixels horizontally by 1,440 pixels vertically.  Wiki page has an example screen capture from 27" iMac (without any floating windows) => http://wiki.logos.com/Logos_4_Mac

    Concur specs should be enough to run Logos 4; although some actions will still not be instantaneous (e.g. indexing library).

    Observations: Mac Pro RAID Card not compatible with solid-state drives - can use high-performance 15,000-rpm SAS drives (not sold by Apple) => http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB845Z/A#overview

    Significantly less expensive option is Mac Sales SSD drives => http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/internal_storage/Mercury_Extreme_SSD_Sandforce/Solid_State_Raid_Edition (not know if would work with Mac Pro RAID card)

    Could purchase 4 smaller SSD drives then stripe them for faster disk performance.  Benchmarks for 1, 2, and 3 SSD's =>  http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/turnkey/iMac_2010_27/benchmarks/ (anticipate 4th SSD would be faster than 3 SSD's in a RAID 0 configuration)

    With 12 cores, anticipate indexing Logos library would be faster.  For most Logos 4 usage, suspect one 3.33GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem” (or 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem”) would feel faster - would be interesting to benchmark and find out if hunch correct.

    With memory over 4 GB, recommend switching to 64 bit kernel ? Forum http://community.logos.com/forums/p/15647/119413.aspx#119413 may be helpful.

    By the way, Logos 4 currently restricted to 32 bit addressing so 32 GB RAM is bit much.

    If had $ 18,316 to spend for Logos, personally would consider several less expensive computer configurations so could purchase more Logos resources:

    Mac Pro configure to order $ 5,966

    • One 3.33GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem”
    • 3 GB (3 x 1 GB)
    • 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA drive
    • One ATI Radeon HD 5870
    • One 18x SuperDrive
    • Two Apple LED Cinema Displays
    • Apple Magic Mouse + Magic Trackpad

    Plus Mac Sales upgrades $ 1,115 for Total of $ 6,921  (leaves $ 11,235 for Logos 4 Scholar's Portfolio plus lots more)

    • 16GB (4x4GB)
    • Four 50 GB Mercury Extreme Pro RE SSD's (200 GB for Mac OS X and Logos 4)
    • Four Icy Dock 2.5" to 3.5" drive converters

     

    Mac Pro configure to order $ 4,966

    • One 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon “Nehalem”
    • 3 GB (3 x 1 GB)
    • 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA drive
    • One ATI Radeon HD 5770
    • One 18x SuperDrive
    • Two Apple LED Cinema Displays
    • Apple Magic Mouse + Magic Trackpad

    Plus Mac Sales upgrades $ 1,113 for Total of $ 5,923  (leaves $ 12,237 for Logos 4 Scholar's Portfolio plus lots more)

    • 16GB (4x4GB) 
    • Four 50 GB Mercury Extreme Pro RE SSD's (200 GB for Mac OS X and Logos 4)
    • Four Icy Dock 2.5" to 3.5" drive converters

     

    iMac 27" configure to order $ 2,268 plus 27" Display and Adapter $ 1,028 for Apple Total $ 3,396

    • One 2.93GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
    • 4 GB
    • 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA drive
    • One ATI Radeon HD 5750 (standard with Quad-Core)
    • One 8x SuperDrive
    • Apple Magic Mouse + Magic Trackpad
    • One Apple LED Cinema Display

    Plus Mac Sales upgrades $ 999 for Total of $ 4,395  (leaves $ 13,921 for Logos 4 Scholar's Portfolio plus lots more)

    • 16GB (4x4GB) 
    • Three 60 GB Mercury Extreme Pro SSD's (180 GB for Mac OS X and Logos 4)
    • external memory card reader
    • external drive case (with 1 TB drive)

     

    Observation: 27" iMac with three SSD's in stripe set would be slower than Mac Pro's with four SSD's in stripe set; yet quite usable for Logos.

    Personally have used 12 GB RAM running Logos 4 Mac and Logos 4 PC in Windows virtual machine along with several other applications - hence 16 GB RAM in my dream computer configurations above - practically 3 or 4 GB RAM should be adequate for Mac OS X and Logos 4.

    At Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week, anticipating Intel Sandy Bridge processor availability - dreaming of 27" iMac with 3.4 GHz Quad Core i7 (along with wondering about upgrade possibilities: e.g. RAID 0 stripe set with 3 SSD's -OR- 2 SSD's plus e-SATA connected large external storage).

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