[geeks] Intel's new bechmark idea

[Julius Sridhar]

On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Kris Kirby wrote:

> > The only way I could possibly think of IDE as good would be to use a stack
> > of cheap machines to hold stripped and mirror IDE drives, and be connected
> > to the main workstation by myrinet or some other very fast networking.  But
> > then, is it really still cheaper than SCSI or FC-AL?  I think not.
>
> How fast is myrinet?

2+Gbps crossbar-switched.

Peace...  Sridhar