Every analog component a signal runs through adds noise. Signals / sounds significantly below a system's noise floor are simply undetectable and lost. The statement that no digital system can contain what is on a vinyl disk is false. It can be argued that existing digital hardware does achieve this level. However, it does not take a huge number of bits to exceed the SNR (signal to noise ratio) of any analog system made out of real world components.
I worked on the design and deployment of that same storage system. My impression was that the work done at Starfire was multipurpose. The military certainly has a fair number of reasons to have better optical systems. Given that the project was already in progress over six years ago I kind of doubt that the project and current interest in anti satalite systems have much connection.
Actually most servers are not heavily used. What you will find in a typical server room is a few servers at 80%-90% CPU usage and the rest at less than 10% CPU usage. This is one reason why people are looking so hard at server virtualization.
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Every analog component a signal runs through adds noise. Signals / sounds significantly below a system's noise floor are simply undetectable and lost. The statement that no digital system can contain what is on a vinyl disk is false. It can be argued that existing digital hardware does achieve this level. However, it does not take a huge number of bits to exceed the SNR (signal to noise ratio) of any analog system made out of real world components.
I worked on the design and deployment of that same storage system. My impression was that the work done at Starfire was multipurpose. The military certainly has a fair number of reasons to have better optical systems. Given that the project was already in progress over six years ago I kind of doubt that the project and current interest in anti satalite systems have much connection.
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Actually most servers are not heavily used. What you will find in a typical server room is a few servers at 80%-90% CPU usage and the rest at less than 10% CPU usage. This is one reason why people are looking so hard at server virtualization.
Have you looked at expansion hardware like that made by Magma http://www.mobl.com/expansion/
They have a product line that allows an external PCI card to be attached to a notebook.
Some compatability testing is required because not all cards will work properly.