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Microcap & Penny Stocks : FRANKLIN TELECOM (FTEL)
FTEL 0.760+6.8%Nov 25 3:59 PM EST
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To: Atin who wrote (22288)11/27/1997 1:15:00 AM
From: Martin P. Smith  Read Replies (2) of 41046
 
Atin, You say in your final paragraph that the software usually fails before the hardware.

Assuming that you have tested software it does not have a MTBF because it does not need one. Once software is installed it sits there doing its thing until the hardware fails. I have NEVER had a piece of software suddenly break (crash requireing a reboot of course but never BREAK irrepearably). I wish I could say the same about hardware.

Hardware has a MTBF becuase it wears out. There is an interesting article in this weeks PC WEEK (p8 IT Cool to 8-Way servers). It states that a number of companies are loath to go to 8 processor machines because they fret about a single point of failure. The more you consolidate the more you stand to lose in event of a failure.

The main advantages I see in having 96 port boards are

1) real estate. You can fit more ports into a smaller space.
2) Possible hardware cost saving.

There are drawbacks to having 96 ports on a single board.

1) SPEED 4X the amount of data being transported to/from the card. If multiple cards are employed in one box then the processor implications also need to be taken into account.
2) Risk of losing more ports in case of a hardware failure.
3) Lower MTBF. More components on a card will always decrease MTBF.

I certainly wouild not dismiss FTEL's cards as being of behind the curve just because of port density. They have technologies employed that give them a "Stand out " voice quality advantage over the competition. Ever wondered what that technology is ?

Martin Smith
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