Poll Results: Computer Configuration for Analytics

the typical analytics machine has 2 cores, 3 GB memory, 500 GB disk, and ...

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The latest KDnuggets Poll asked:

How powerful is your computer for your main analytics/data mining activity?

The results are:

• Processors: median 2, average 8 (about 20% have 5 or more)
• Memory: median 3 GB, average 8.5 GB (about 40% have > 4 GB)
• Disk size: median 500 GB, Average 225 GB
• Operating system: 64% Windows, 28% Unix/Linux.

Here are full details of KDnuggets Poll: Computer configuration for Analytics / Data Mining.