Comments on: A Metaphor http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/a-metaphor/ Just another Oracle weblog Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Antonio http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/a-metaphor/#comment-1040 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:18:50 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/a-metaphor/#comment-1040 LOL!

You’re right but…it’s so cool to say I can stream 1.2G per second.

Think I buy one next Christmas. :)

It’s obvious that with the SAN installed I can cut time response…don’t I? ;)

]]> By: Jonathan Lewis http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/a-metaphor/#comment-1036 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:34:32 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/a-metaphor/#comment-1036 Antonio, you just have to love the metaphor, it works so well. Your Bugatti may have be able to do 400 Km/h (250 mph) in the right circumstances, but that doesn’t help when we have speed limits, red lights and roundabouts (rotaries).

You’re talking about buying a SAN because it can stream 1.2 Gigabytes per second, but I have a problem because I need to do 3,500 I/O requests per second and can’t. After all, I can fly from London to Amsterdam in 50 minutes – provided I don’t count the 40 minute drive to the airport, 2 hours early check-in requirement, and 30 minutes waiting at baggage claim on arrival.

(I’m glad you included a smiley in your post).

]]> By: Antonio http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/a-metaphor/#comment-1034 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:41:51 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/a-metaphor/#comment-1034 What about a Bugatti Veyron?

On a “test” made by BBC Top-Gear it “beat” an airplane from Alba to London…

It costs only 1.300.000 euros and can reach 400Km/h.

In this way you no longer need to go to the aerodrome, no lessons to take, no time to loose on Flight checks and you can park you side the house!

If this car is too expensive…well…Ferrari or Lamborghini… 8)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

]]> By: Jonathan Lewis http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/a-metaphor/#comment-1007 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 09:30:37 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/a-metaphor/#comment-1007 Jeff, I think there are lots of directions this metaphor could be pushed. I did consider pointing out that I could go by helicopter, but:

The hardware is more expensive.
The run-time costs (fuel bills, maintenance) are higher.
Flight checks take time.
I would have to have about 100 hours of lessons
Then it would still take me 40 minutes to drive to my closest aerodrome (Gatwick) – though I could land about 200 yards (add 5 minutes walking time) from her home.

Sounds a bit like buying into RAC without thinking carefully about costs and benefits ;-)

]]> By: Jeff Kemp http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/a-metaphor/#comment-1005 Mon, 01 Jan 2007 05:49:25 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/a-metaphor/#comment-1005 Great metaphor – I’ll have to remember that next time I need to explain things to my client.

I wonder how far your metaphor might be extended; e.g. one quick fix (albeit costly) is to build more roads, to reduce the chances of collisions; although if a lot of people need to collect your mum you might need to clone her a few times and distribute her around, to reduce congestion. However, I don’t know how much the cost of her trying to keep all her clones up-to-date would be.

]]> By: Don Seiler http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/a-metaphor/#comment-987 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:10:38 +0000 http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/2006/12/31/a-metaphor/#comment-987 Technically your mom won’t have to wake until 4:00 AM! Just throw her in the car in her nightgown and cap. Plus she can sleep in transit anyway.

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