Kamran, your confusion is probably due to the fact that there are various ways to both look at and tackle the various issues including: Reliability, Performance, Cost, Density, Complexity, Availability Your best bet is to read as many of the various publications as you can, sort out what holds-up to first principles and what does not, and go from there. Steve. At 04:19 PM 4/4/2005 -0700, Kamran Azizi wrote: >By any chance, can you refer me to some web site that would address >optimized methodology for PDS analysis. I see a variety of methodologies >that makes it confusing to pick one? any help? I appreciate it > >Kamran > >--------------------------------- >Yahoo! Messenger > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from si-list: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > >For help: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > >List FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > >List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > >List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu