Is second this notion. Here in Australia users on broadband have volume caps beyond which they have to pay for data at rather high rates, or suffer from their connections being cut back to the equivilent of a 28.8 Modem (depending on your ISP)
The belief of USA based companies that bandwidth is "free" and that 30 second video clips are an acceptable form of advertising really hurts users in other parts of the world.
Winning the race might be worth $1m up front... but how much is a contract to build robotic vehicles for the US military worth? And of course, many universities would be researching automated robots even if the competition did not exist; winning an extra $1m is just a bonus.
The "I" in RAID stands for "inexpensive". Part of the idea behind RAID is you can create a 400GB "drive" using 4 100 GB drives, which should work out cheaper. (ignoring the cost of the RAID controller...)
I work on the Helius Routers (PCI version) used in Australia and they are very reliable once set up - much more stable than the windows version of the product. The back channel can be any form of network interface known to linux - These usually take the form of a dial in connection or an ISDN link.
As for performance: If you live in a part of the world with access to cable/DSL, the satellite is a poor choice. For rural clients whose only other choice is a radio phone dial in at 2400 baud, it's an excellent choice. Ping times are high, but the incomming bandwidth is great.
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Is second this notion. Here in Australia users on broadband have volume caps beyond which they have to pay for data at rather high rates, or suffer from their connections being cut back to the equivilent of a 28.8 Modem (depending on your ISP)
The belief of USA based companies that bandwidth is "free" and that 30 second video clips are an acceptable form of advertising really hurts users in other parts of the world.
Winning the race might be worth $1m up front... but how much is a contract to build robotic vehicles for the US military worth? And of course, many universities would be researching automated robots even if the competition did not exist; winning an extra $1m is just a bonus.
...except that the disks aren't independent. The whole point of RAID is that the disks are closly dependednt on each other.
Hooray for marketing!
The "I" in RAID stands for "inexpensive". Part of the idea behind RAID is you can create a 400GB "drive" using 4 100 GB drives, which should work out cheaper. (ignoring the cost of the RAID controller...)
I work on the Helius Routers (PCI version) used in Australia and they are very reliable once set up - much more stable than the windows version of the product. The back channel can be any form of network interface known to linux - These usually take the form of a dial in connection or an ISDN link. As for performance: If you live in a part of the world with access to cable/DSL, the satellite is a poor choice. For rural clients whose only other choice is a radio phone dial in at 2400 baud, it's an excellent choice. Ping times are high, but the incomming bandwidth is great.