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Re: Gbit or Firewire 800



On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 10:56:50AM -0400, Rick Hoge scratched on the wall:

>  This is consistent with what I've been told by Apple personnel - ip 
> over firewire is intended as a convenience for connecting two machines 
> and not a high-performance interconnect.

  *laugh!*  Somebody should tell the marketing/website people!!!

http://www.apple.com/xserve/cluster/  (lower right side-bar)
------------------------------------------------------------
	TCP/IP over FireWire

	Connect your [cluster] nodes via the high-speed,
	low-latency FireWire.  Get all the benefits of a
	tightly coupled cluster without the high
	networking costs. 
------------------------------------------------------------

   -j

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 >Gbit or Firewire 800 (From: János <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Gbit or Firewire 800 (From: Rick Hoge <email@hidden>)



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