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Next closest thing... IIRCAIPD (And I Probably Don't...;-) 30 gig integrated with the disk subsystem. But not a solid-state drive, per se. | -----Original Message----- | From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com | [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Brad Jensen | Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 10:32 AM | To: midrange-l@midrange.com | Subject: Re: Real world comparisons | | | `100 gig of ram with no write to disk? | | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "jt" <jt@ee.net> | To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> | Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 6:54 AM | Subject: RE: Real world comparisons | | | > Brad, | > | > You wrote "I expect them to come out with solid state disk at | some point and | > blow everyone away." I think this is essentially what the | Adaptive Cache | > is. | > | > jt | > | > | -----Original Message----- | > | From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com | > | [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Brad Jensen | > | Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 1:12 AM | > | To: midrange-l@midrange.com | > | Subject: Re: Real world comparisons | > | | > | | > | | > | | > | > I believe that this year SUN has a chance to strut their | stuff | > | and the number of | > | > servers, etc. to handle merchandising order fulfillment in | > | relation to the | > | > transaction volume would allow one of these two companies | (IBM | > | or SUN) to have a | > | > "real world" cost/performance marketing opportunity. | > | | > | | > | The IBM advantage is not horsepower, although I am sure you | can | > | build a big enough IBM box to dwarf the Sun. It will cost 4 | times | > | as much, but hey. | > | | > | The IBM advantage is that you can shoot a rocket propelled | grenade | > | thru it and it will keep running. | > | | > | (Don't really try this.) | > | | > | However, I don't expect that to continue forever. IBM has been | > | spending gadzillions on research for the last ten years. | > | | > | It tells you something when they have to put a do-nothing-alot | > | card in their server to slow it down enough so that the | customers | > | can pay for it. | > | | > | I expect them to come out with solid state disk at some point | and | > | blow everyone away. | > | | > | Brad Jensen | > | too tired to make a tagline think of something clever quick | > | > _______________________________________________ | > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) | mailing list | > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com | > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, | > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l | > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com | > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives | > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. | > | > | | _______________________________________________ | This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) | mailing list | To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com | To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, | visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l | or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com | Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives | at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. |
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