Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 13:31:22 -0500 (EST) From: "Nicholas J. Leon" <nicholas@binary9.net> To: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: disk head scheduling # I read before arguing I was talking about the 'new' solid state disks # that are not electomechanical at all. Indeed. I just spec'd out a 60G raid5 subsystem that uses nothing but solid state drives and a fiberchannel backplane. ***VERY*** fast... and very expensive, >$50K. # Dick Johnson G'day! <> -- n i c h o l a s j l e o n elegance through simplicity*http://mrnick.binary9.net*nicholas@binary9.net good fortune through truth*roaming:njllm@email.msn.com*ICQ#2170994*U+($++) TRA#6805*not all questions have answers*pseudogeek:P+++($++)L+($++)W=lm@b9 2.3x10e-53*seek the path-not the destination*madison*pain builds character - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/