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From: gsh7w@astsun3.acc.Virginia.EDU (Greg Scott Hennessy)
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Subject: Re: *big iron*
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Date: 28 Sep 89 14:24:40 GMT
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In article <34298@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> brooks@maddog.llnl.gov (Eugene
Brooks) writes: 
#Thinking Machines' Data Vault is a fine example of the right way to
#build an IO system these days. 
#The system has 72 drives
#implementing a 64 bit wide data path with one bit per drive. 

What are the extra 8 drives used for? Parity?

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