[SunRescue] Offerings

Kent Rankin srao at usit.net
Tue Aug 17 01:03:26 CDT 1999


>Nifty.  I used to run FDDI at home, but once I got my AXi it was actually
>cheaper to go to switched 100baseT than to get a supported PCI FDDI card.
>HIPPI would be fun, but I'm waiting for my friend at Myricom to get me a
>few Myrinet cards for some _real_ speed.  :-)
>
>What's the story on raised flooring?  I've seen several places advertise
>very easy noninvasive installation, but I don't know how far to believe
>them.  I'd gladly lose a foot or two in height in my "computer room" to
>simplify cable management.


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

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


                                            -Kent Rankin







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