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From: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>
Subject: RE: Clustering FreeBSD
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>
> | Doh! I mean 9.8 m/s/s, of course.
> 
> That's acceleration not velocity :-)
> 
> The terminal velocity of a PC case is probably a lot lower than the
> velocity of an outer edge of a 10000 RPM drive.
> 
Hmm. That would make a FreeBSD cluster quite useful as a garden shredder,
even with lower disc rotation speeds I'd imagine.

Mind you, taking the covers off the disks void your warranty.

    Kees Jan

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