Not bitter CB - no time for that. Just very disappointed that over 5 years none of the IT pro's here or on the Australian forums would give PPRuNers an independent and unbiased indication of the scale we're working on. Not even a comparison such as 400 gigs of bandwidth is equivalent to a company of X size/ brand recognition and would be operated by Y number of employees.
Ah bookworm, you hit the nail right on the head. The great server that is to come will provide a minor Charles Atlas course [2 by 2.5 gig CPU's and fastrer scsi disks] but the bandwidth is the killer that the non IT types can't imagine or conceive. That's the reason for the request for some unbiased third party comparisons so they can get a handle on why performance is a struggle both technically and financially.
Regards,
Rob