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From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
Subject: Re: Reliability recommendations
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Luke Lonergan wrote:
> Mark,
> 
>>Hmmm - a bit humbled by Luke's machinery :-), however, mine is probably
>>competitive on (MB/s)/$....
> 
> 
> Not sure - the machines I cite are about $10K each.  The machine you tested
> was probably about $1500 a few years ago (my guess), and with a 5:1 ratio in
> speed versus about a 6:1 ratio in price, we're not too far off in MB/s/$
> after all :-)
>  

Wow - that is remarkable performance for $10K!

Cheers

Mark