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[MaggieL]

[quote]Originally posted by adamzion

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<b>Hot-pluggable PCI?</b> Now, there's an interesting thought... are you supposed be able to open the PC's case and remove the cards while the system is up and running? That would be quite a trick in the first place, although I'm honestly sure why someone would want to try it.

I had that reaction when she first told me about it, too.
But think about servers where you could add and remove disk controllers and network cards in-flight. Especially in RAID arrays. Ever see a big Compaq server? The disk drives have handles on them, and slide into bays in rack-mount units. The keyboard is a rack-mounted drawer. The monitor is on a rack-mounted shelf.<p>
Ghoddess, what a geekgrrl I am...hardware gets me squishy.