 Wh00t! Your eyes do not deceive you...those are UF boxers, Flannel and Knit, now available in the UF Store! UF's Back to School wardrobe also includes cozy Flannel Pants, Hoodie Sweatshirt and Grrlie 3/4 sleeve tee. Not shown but also in the Store are xxxtended sizes on our new Denim and Polo shirts (btw: UF staff geeks proclaimed they "Don't Suck" as office geekwear). And whether you're going back to school or back to work the new ballistic nylon Backpack, Portfolio Organizer and CD case are a nice way to take UF with you.
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| The true test of a technology article is whether someone who doesn't understand the technology can get through it, coming out with the base concepts and the technical possibility that, if required, that person could at least match a scenario to a need for using the technology. I understand a fair chunk of RAID, and I know the basic concepts of the why's and how's of large capacity storage. One thing I had no idea about previous to reading this article was SSA (Serial Storage Architecture Management), which is an adapter-based, high-speed (transfer rates are "40 MBs per port, for a total capacity of 160 MBs"), simple (everything is centred around the idea of a redundant bi-directional loop), expandable (in physical distance 10 kilometers using fiber, in capacity up to 3494 GB per adapter) open standard for hard-disk storage. Not everyone who reads this is going to understand all the technical info inside. If you are one of the few who do, then you probably don't need this article. I suspect however that anyone who reads this all the way through is going to come out a lot more knowledgable about the requirements and ideas behind SSA, which, above all, is what a good tech article does. http://www.sysadminmag.com/articles/2001/0109/0109j/0109j.htm
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