[SunRescue] Offerings

James Lockwood lockwood at ISI.EDU
Tue Aug 17 01:59:06 CDT 1999


On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Kent Rankin wrote:

>     The main reason to go with FDDI, BTW, is severely low latency, rather
> than just transmission speed.

Exactly.  As my AXi was going to be my main machine it didn't make sense
to stick in a dualhomed gateway box, that would have increased latency to
higher than either media individually.

>     As for raised flooring, generally, for smaller installations, your
> flooring is at 8 inches.  And it's a beautiful thing, too.  =)

If I find a couple hundred square feel on the cheap, I'll snap it up in an
instant.  Until then...  :-)

-James







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