On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Joe Landman <landman at scalableinformatics.com> wrote: > We tune our systems pretty hard, so we start with 2+GB/s for TB sized files > before we ever touch the next stack up. ?Each additional stack you traverse > takes performance away (you lose it in stack inefficiency). ?So you should > start out with as fast a system as you possibly can, so you don't lose too > much performance. > > -- > Joseph Landman, Ph.D > Founder and CEO > Scalable Informatics, Inc. > email: landman at scalableinformatics.com > web ?: http://scalableinformatics.com > ? ? ? http://scalableinformatics.com/sicluster > phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 > fax ?: +1 866 888 3112 > cell : +1 734 612 4615 > _______________________________________________ Wow, 2GB/s is pretty impressive, would you mind telling me how you achieve this? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532