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)
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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.
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-j
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