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Date:      18 Jan 2001 13:17:36 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>
Cc:        "'Andrew Kenneth Milton'" <akm@mail.theinternet.com.au>, heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Clustering FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <xzpsnmh5a1r.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: "Koster, K.J."'s message of "Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:58:15 %2B0100"
References:  <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7B26@l04.research.kpn.com>

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"Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> writes:
> > 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.

Fun Things To Do With Disks #9,187:

Take a powered-up disk out of a hot-swap storage array and experiment
with the gyro effect while the disk spins down in your hands. Higher
RPMs give better results; try one of the 'cudas from that E10K in the
corner... "if you do it quickly, nobody will notice"

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org


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