Change to what? You can't seem to answer the simple, simple question of what will replace raid? You keep dancing around, the last thing you posted *backed up* the idea of RAID. Keep trying. I know you'll never admit you are wrong, so I expect more dancing.
On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 2:55 PM, t.piwowar <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > OMG. RAID and POTS. Some of us are not aging well. I'm really surprised at > the high degree fear of change on what is supposed to be a discussion for > techies. > > I think anyone who is tech aware has to to admit that the days of POTS (a > switched telephone network) are numbered. It just does not make > technological sense. We know how to perform this function much better and at > lower cost. Saying that we should have an orderly plan for its demise i just > good common sense. > > That does not mean that twisted copper pairs are going away. In some areas > twisted pairs will go away. In other areas that will be around for a long > time. What will change is the signaling that travels over the lines. It is > going to be purely digital. That is inevitable and it will be happening > soon. > > Digital does not have to mean poor quality. Analog POTS lines support a > frequency domain from 200 to 2000 Hz at best. Transmitting that digitally is > no big deal. It is true that some crappy carriers try to push quality below > this, but I don't think it is prevalent. The crappy quality of cell phones > is more likely the fault of having a crappy cell phone. There are lots of > those out there. > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
