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09/01/03 9:40 PM

#12520 RE: wbmw #12516

Let me just put it this way: Newisys was on the right track, but their business model backfired, because their implementation was more expensive than what businesses were willing to pay for AMD based hardware. Let's face it, you can't win a reputation overnight, and people were unwilling to trust Newisys enough for them to recoup their R&D costs.

So are you saying that they did offer all the individual RAS features just not at the right price?

Of course, there is also another problem with AMD's architecture. A lot of the newer RAS features that you will find in systems over the next few years may not be possible using an AMD based system, since the features themselves are built into the memory controller of a new chipset.

ok, now you are jumping to a forward view when the question asked is how does the product available today compare.


So here is the reminder question "WBMW when you got time can you describe the RAS features that an Itanium based server would have and an Opteron based server would not."

Your previous reply was links to entire articles/documents. Are you saying every feature in those links is not available in an Opteron based server?
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09/02/03 7:25 AM

#12530 RE: wbmw #12516

wbmw, If it's just technobabble to you, then maybe you don't have the knowledge to appreciate these kinds of features, even if I were to explain them in layman's terms.


Although it may be technobabble to me I'd appreciate your explanation.

Or a URL where I can read an explanation.

I looked through the three sites you posted in http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=1379257
and found no usage of the term "RAS". In fact, the only place where the letters "ras" occurred together across the three pages was in the word infrastructure.

Some of your usage makes me think I'm on the wrong path entirely. High RAS machines allow uptime while they are serviced. for example.

What are you talking about when you describe "RAS"?

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