disadvantages of a linux cluster
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Karen Shaeffer shaeffer at neuralscape.comTue Nov 12 16:15:48 PST 2002
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On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 03:39:57PM -0500, Donald Becker wrote: > > A previous posting implied that the reason the disks are slow is that > the are IDE. That's not a reason. The issue is that the disks are > laptop 2.5" drives, where the market wants low power, shock handling and > silence, not high transfer rates. They also are not designed for heavy duty. Those laptop IDE drives are engineered based on the assumption they will be accessed infrequently. Take a close look at the fine print associated with the MTBF numbers. cheers, Karen -- Karen Shaeffer Neuralscape; Santa Cruz, Ca. 95060 shaeffer at neuralscape.com http://www.neuralscape.com
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