[rescue] Apple Announces Rackmount Server - WITH IDEHARDWARE RAID

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 08:11:44PM -0700, James Lockwood wrote:
> On Wed, 15 May 2002, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> 
> > I believe you are thinking of the wayback machine.  They run something like
> > 4 chanels per machine, 100gig drives, 1 per chanel, and add machines as they
> > need more storage.  I can't see this being the best idea long term though.
> > I mean, they are using intel or amd boxes, and that addes up to a tremendous
> > amount of power used and heat put out.  They claim it is cheaper though.
> 
> Google is an example of a trivially parallelizable problem that can have
> arbitrary redundancy.  In this class of problems, cheap mass-produced
> replacable systems excel.

Yeah, but wouldn't the power bills add up extremely fast when talking about
a project of that size?

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd