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Re: Gbit or Firewire 800

On Jul 28, 2004, at 11:47 AM, Jay A. Kreibich wrote:

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.
------------------------------------------------------------


That is exactly, why I was asking the question. Thank you all who responded. As we planning ahead, we try to watch out for every penny.

Thanks again,
Janos


   -j

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                     Jay A. Kreibich | Integration & Software Eng.
                        email@hidden | Campus IT & Edu. Svcs.
          <http://www.uiuc.edu/~jak> | University of Illinois at U/C


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 >Gbit or Firewire 800 (From: János <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Gbit or Firewire 800 (From: Rick Hoge <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Gbit or Firewire 800 (From: "Jay A. Kreibich" <email@hidden>)



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