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In <CyC9L1.5Hx@world.std.com> mew@world.std.com (Michael E Willett) writes:

>I've just been reading the new bit.listserv.banyan-l posting from John
>Krogh at Rockwell (Re: Preferred superserver for LANs: NetFrame or Tricord?).
>He just posted "Take benchmarks with a grain of salt.  In most cases, the
>testing environment almost always leans toward getting specific results
>(specific examples posted)...Statistics (benchmarks) can be used to prove
>just about any point of view you want them to...

Bah humbug Michael.
Yes they can. But you are using this as an excuse. Which is intolerable.
That's why I said *appropriate and useful comparitive benchmarks*. Get it?!

>Our own customers do seem to require being shown at their own sites exactly
>how much their own particular applications will be speeded up, rather
>than relying on prior benchmark data.

Of course everyone wants to see their applications benchmarked. That's
not the issue. How does your ("raid 7") system stack up compared to other
raid solutions, using well known benchmarks.

This is the last time I'm going to interact with any Storage Corp
discourse; until you show us the data we have been asking for.
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