Linked by Joshua Boyles on Mon 9th Jun 2003 16:45 UTC
This entire article is written as a proposal to a coprporation for a new, very unique computing system. Please offer criticism and suggestions to improve the system, and tell me whether you think it could work. What exactly is the "Edge Computing System" And more importantly, why would I want to go to the trouble of developing it? The Edge Computing System is just that, an entire system, not just a new type of computer or new software suite. The Edge is the means by which you can have your personal computer with you at all times.
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Interesting Idea but i've had the impression that Compact Flash is a)slow b)not that reliable itself, and c) has limited rewrite capability.
I do worry about HD failure and often wonder how to make it easy for average users (and me) to easily backup and recover. Here is my pie-in-the-sky scheme:
All computers conforming to this standard have one internal drive and two hot swap drive bays with one containing a drive (other drive optional). The internal drive is for the OS and base libraries/files ONLY (as well as temp files and swap). It can always be rewritten via a CD/DVD that comes with the computer and patches/updates to these files are done via the net (or for a small fee you get a new disk every month in the mail).
The first removable drive is your primary data drive and contains everything you hold dear, including programs (I'm not 100% on that part).
The second bay is for either more storage, or your backup drive. Backups are done by copying from one to the other (or with a utility akin to Second Copy 2000 http://www.centered.com/ )
If this sounds like the old days of dual floppy drives, data disks, and backup disks, that is kind of the idea. A simple model with physical components users can understand.
Of course the problem is that hard drive can still be physically fragile. Maybe we need to wait for some magical high capacity, high-speed, (practically) infinitely rewritable solid state storage medium.
Sigh.
PS: Of course I can't get this damn firewire HD I bought to format under W2K, So I can't even pretend I have part of this setup today. Grrr.