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Article #20298Not bigger than a breadbox
From: J Storrs Hall
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1989 02:03
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1989 02:03
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> 3000 miles x (50 microns)^2 = .012 cubic meters, or about 12 liters. > Paul F. Dietz Right you are. I'm gonna fire my blackboard. :^) You still don't want to go through 3000 miles of fiber in one shot. Your best bet is to have as many small loops as you can afford drivers for-- the whole thing is very similar to disk in terms of latency etc. --JoSH
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ukma!gatech!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!klaatu.rutgers.edu!josh From: josh@klaatu.rutgers.edu (J Storrs Hall) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Not bigger than a breadbox Keywords: small, little, of modest size, portable, compact, miniature Message-ID: <Mar.14.21.03.09.1989.8758@klaatu.rutgers.edu> Date: 15 Mar 89 02:03:14 GMT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 10