Re: GIS

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Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++sgi.com)
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 13:21:38 -0700


Angus Dorbie wrote:
>

> ................ Disk is a variable factor, you
> can scale disk i/o that's the easy part of the problem if you have the
> money to spend and/or the right file system....

It's easy on an SGI that is, managing high Performance disk i/o while
sustaining high performance graphics is difficult on a PC, and that's
before you even download a texel.

CHeers,ANgus.

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which are either (a) not realistically attainable, or (b) just plain
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