Where every bit on one drive is entangled with the other.

Move drive A any distance from drive B, data remains in sync. ....errr...or you buy one drive and the Gov has the other...hmmm....

For some App, Data Center RAID works well. Build 10 low cost data centers, mirror 5->5, run like the wind.

However, due to the transactional nature of some Applications this is not true.

For example, Google's model works great for search.

However it didn't keep those 150,000 users from loosing their data did it?

Once the transaction is done, you can sync the results, but a failure mid transaction can be VERY bad.

It's not that I don't like humans, hell I married one. However humans are unpredictable. Applications want and need predictable hardware to live on. Even in a "CLOUD" with floating VMs that fly around like Unicorns you want stable predictable hardware underneath.

Humans trip on things, excrete fluids and gases, need oxygen, light, are temperature sensitive and depending on who's stats you believe cause up to 70% of outages.

I see convergence, virtualization etc as a chance to finally get humans OUT of the data center. Build it out, cable everything. Then seal it. Interaction does NOT require physical access. And a team of dedicated obsessive compulsive robots or humans can replace memory, drives etc.

Data Centers need to be human FREE zones. Not the common room in a dorm.

Well said

The Music industry for EVER has been one of the most corrupt, evil businesses in the world. The only way to make money as an artist is to tour. Record sale profits are a joke.

Apple "piece" of the pie is nothing compared to what record companies do.

In a few years all the record companies will finally DIE. Artists will create/produce music on their OWN in their HOMEs or at private studios (for a fee). And then sell them DIRECTLY to customers via download servers like iTunes and others. Apple and any other company that hosts and shares this music deserve a piece, say 30% or something. And the rest needs to go to the ARTIST.

The only reason this sucks is because the download company (in the case Apple) and the Artists are fighting over the scraps the Record labels leave on the ground.

Once it's just ARTIST->Digital-Distributer->User this will balance out and start to be somewhat fair.

This Last.fm guy is just bitter that his business plan isn't working.

It's not like Apple locks the music. You can take anything from iTunes and do whatever you want with it. It's YOUR music.

Don't bitch, evolve.

You've gotten 9.8Gbs with FCoE =) hehe, rock on.

Sorry, my bad on the 8G, you are correct. I usually don't get as high as 870MB/s more like 810-820, but my Gbs conversion was WAY off. Thanks for the correction!!!

I don't know what the latest iSCSI over 10Gb ethernet scores are but...

8Gb FCP/FC runs at ~8Gbs
10Gb FCoE runs at ~9.7Gbs

With no tuning (other than Jumbo frames for FCoE) I was able to get 9.7Gb/s using FCoE over 10Gb ethernet.

While 16Gb FCP/FC is around the corner, you will be able to run FCoE over 40Gb and 100Gb ethernet in 2-3 yrs. (at MUCH $$)

Keep in mind however, iSCSI has been around for over 10yrs now. These things take time to grow, mature, attach.

So lets wait a few more years before declaring anything dead or alive =)

And keep in mind, FCoE is not meant to replace FCP/FC, its meant to fix what is keeping iSCSI from doing better.

I have been both the Flake, and earlier the Heretic.

My personal feeling and experience is that these people are just missurable. I know for much of it I was. And this was for many reasons.

1.) Many "smarter than the average bear" folks are VERY aware of their faults, and thus are quite insecure about certain things (while over confident in others).
2.) It's very hard to make and keep friends when you are this way. Many end up embrassing this wearing t-shirts that say " Doesn't Play Well with Others"
3.) Many have personal challenges like ADD, ADHD, Obsessive/Compulsive, Asperger's etc. If they don't know, or refuse help, this can make them VERY difficult.
4.) Many have been this way their whole lives and honestly have NO idea they are how they are.

I know it's hard, but have some pity. Trust me, anyone who makes others unhappy is very often REALLY unhappy themselves.

Could be an interesting short term advantage if for example Cisco did but Juniper didn't or visa versa ;-)

While that may sound silly, in 15 yrs you will look back at my comment and laugh sadly

Other good ideas?

Try to be consistent. Realize that everything you create is an opportunity to impress. Know that sometimes wisdom is showned by NOT talking. Yes, even if you ARE right.

You will once some day loose a job suddenly, plan for it, don't fear it. Often it's for no reason you have control over.

Do what you love, you will do it 10x better than stuff you don't.

Try to error on the side of yes, you wan't to be seen as helpful.

learn how to say NO otherwise you will end up on drugs, prescription or otherwise

worthless with out details as how to reproduce the experiment and verify these results.

"back off man I'm a Scientist"

It's a subscription model. You pay them 90k/quarter and they keep bringing you their latest vaperware. Nice!