[THIN] Re: SATA drives

Fair point with the assholes and opinion.

But potentially that system you've described is not 'subpar'. Why have you
specified server hardware and not lashed together a normal PC with bits from
your local PC store? It's server standard hardware, with a warranty, you've
mirrored the drives.   

My argument against the the 'subpar' was that, to me it is short sighted to
specifically design a solution that you expect to underachieve. If a box is
not intended to be highly stressed, maybe you don't need the second
processor, maybe some less memory, and maybe slower drives - but that box
should still deliver good performance and relibability for the requirements
of the users - the goal should never be 'subpar'.

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of richard van beers
Sent: 03 October 2006 11:39
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: SATA drives

Everyone has assholes and opinions.

Citrix uses less bw than TS, clearly in a thin client env. TS RDP is teh
bottleneck.

So there is no use for plain TS systems?

Of course there is!

If I need a system to supply 10 users with ms office, and they need it on
the cheap, a single proc system with 1 gb, and a mirrored sata drive is
"good enough" and will save me 100's on scsi.

so, there. :)

On 10/3/06, Andrew Wood <andrew.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >"There might be times when a *subpar* system is "good enough". Often,
> actually. "
>
> I think that's short sighted and shooting yourself in the foot before 
> you even get off the ground
>
> ;)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of richard van beers
> Sent: 03 October 2006 09:38
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: SATA drives
>
> > I'm sorry there is no good arguement for going SATA over SCSI in a 
> > TS environment.  It's short sighted and your shooting yourself in 
> > the foot before you even get off the ground.
>
>
> Oh cool! A strong opinion and I disagree! (Just slightly)
>
> There might be times when a subpar system is "good enough". Often,
actually.
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