Considering how many cross-platform development tools there are, targeting multiple platforms is pretty much free, though you are gonna have to ferret out the holes in the tools, but then again, there is more than one.
The second one. Though, AFAIK the good parts about SCSI/SAS disks is about the drive controller, which has advantages, but I don't see how they can't be duplicated with a secondary contoler, which you will probably need anyway for RAID and the like. Cheers!
Thanks for the link, but I still don't see anything that fiber channel has to offer that Ethernet doesn't have. High speed link - Gigabit Ethernet - check
CRC-32 hash-summing - built into Ethernet, check
Switched fabric - trickier, but also check here you go
SCSI command transport? - ATAPI specification and ATAoE cover that. Am I missing something? Seriously, I'm not trying to be flippant.
Uhhh, dude, there exists a utility for making such migrations gradual, it's called WINE, you might have heard about it. Seriously, set up a testing rig, and start tweaking WINE 'till it works OOTB for all the internal apps/scripts/etc (no pun intended).
Just curious, is there a technical reason for FL to integrate the power supply? I know there are ones with external ones, but their TCO is higher, IIRC, and that just seems weird. They should be cheaper as whole, because if one thing fails, you swap it out, and not the whole thing, but that is not the case. I was just wondering whether there is justification beyond lining someone's pockets.
I was insinuating something about their agreement with Novell. Call me paranoid, but there is not much business sense behind such pure altruism. They are up to something.
Is there any real benefit from SAS/SCSI drives over Infiniband/FC connections, or is it just snake oil? I mean, SATA roughly matches SCSI drives in features and capability, and whatever is lacking can be compensated by vastly cheaper CPU/RAM bolt-ons. Nobody is worried about controllers hitting their limits in rotating rust drives, they are wondering whether or not they are going to physically fall apart. The specialized SAN backbones seem even more pointless. Much more expensive and hard to replace electronics, far from commodity, and with the exception of Infiniband, bring nothing to network topology. So seriously, tell me, is there any point in Fiber Channel & Co., or should people just get some ATAoE bridges, and simplify their lives?
RAID10 on 4 drives? Mister drug dealer, I'll be having what he's on. RAID1 is so damn crazy inefficient, I don't see the point of it existing. RAID 5 or 6 with more in number, smaller and cheaper per GB drives is the way to go. Of course, if you don't have a decent RAID card, I'd start thinking about learning to program GPUs.
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Because the people behind the scare are probably interested in causing an energy crisis, giving them more control. JMHO
Well, yes, but the amount of H2O in the air is relatively stable.
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Seconded. Let's do it!
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+1 Good Thing I Wasn't Drinking Coffee
Considering how many cross-platform development tools there are, targeting multiple platforms is pretty much free, though you are gonna have to ferret out the holes in the tools, but then again, there is more than one.
Fuck sugar, throw in some nitromethane!
Same goes for RAID 6, and it is much more efficient. Also, so what if it's simpler? It's not as if you are doing the parity calculations by hand.
No problem.
I'm not even trying. I was implying that Ethernet was the way to go, and you seem to agree.
The second one. Though, AFAIK the good parts about SCSI/SAS disks is about the drive controller, which has advantages, but I don't see how they can't be duplicated with a secondary contoler, which you will probably need anyway for RAID and the like. Cheers!
The inanimate world doesn't like to be anthropomorphised.
Thanks for the link, but I still don't see anything that fiber channel has to offer that Ethernet doesn't have.
High speed link - Gigabit Ethernet - check
CRC-32 hash-summing - built into Ethernet, check
Switched fabric - trickier, but also check here you go
SCSI command transport? - ATAPI specification and ATAoE cover that.
Am I missing something?
Seriously, I'm not trying to be flippant.
Correct, though throwing in GHB in the mix can fix that.
Uhhh, dude, there exists a utility for making such migrations gradual, it's called WINE, you might have heard about it. Seriously, set up a testing rig, and start tweaking WINE 'till it works OOTB for all the internal apps/scripts/etc (no pun intended).
I don't know dude, irrational decisions are characteristic of M$, and I'm just being healthily suspicious.
Just curious, is there a technical reason for FL to integrate the power supply? I know there are ones with external ones, but their TCO is higher, IIRC, and that just seems weird. They should be cheaper as whole, because if one thing fails, you swap it out, and not the whole thing, but that is not the case. I was just wondering whether there is justification beyond lining someone's pockets.
Does anybody else think that his idea is scarily realistic?
I was insinuating something about their agreement with Novell.
Call me paranoid, but there is not much business sense behind such pure altruism. They are up to something.
The internal quality of the drive is (usually) unrelated to the interface technology. The SAN backbone even less so.
Is there any real benefit from SAS/SCSI drives over Infiniband/FC connections, or is it just snake oil?
I mean, SATA roughly matches SCSI drives in features and capability, and whatever is lacking can be compensated by vastly cheaper CPU/RAM bolt-ons.
Nobody is worried about controllers hitting their limits in rotating rust drives, they are wondering whether or not they are going to physically fall apart.
The specialized SAN backbones seem even more pointless. Much more expensive and hard to replace electronics, far from commodity, and with the exception of Infiniband, bring nothing to network topology.
So seriously, tell me, is there any point in Fiber Channel & Co., or should people just get some ATAoE bridges, and simplify their lives?
RAID10 on 4 drives?
Mister drug dealer, I'll be having what he's on.
RAID1 is so damn crazy inefficient, I don't see the point of it existing. RAID 5 or 6 with more in number, smaller and cheaper per GB drives is the way to go. Of course, if you don't have a decent RAID card, I'd start thinking about learning to program GPUs.
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No strings (no pun intended) attached, for instance.
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Mod parent up,
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