>Less hops, less CPU's involved for the ESN.

I'm starting to be won over, believe it or not.  I had a nice long convo
with FalconStor about this last week, and they said kind of the same thing
you said.  

I asked for some tests to prove it, since the performance is the only thing
that really matters here.  They're going to do it and get back to me.

>However, in the end, we are both theorizing. 

Yup.

>I'm actually not entirely convinced, except for off-loading load that would
>be put on production servers that are DSNs. 

That's exactly where I'm at, too.

>You statement, though, seems to come from the point of view that you are
>right, because you think so, and you have to be proven wrong. 

LOL.  Maybe it came across that way.  Sorry about that.  I type a lot, and
it doesn't always come out the way I mean.  What I'm saying is that if they
expect me to change a long-running, well-proven design, they're going to
have to prove the new design before I do so.

>As you say, in the end, we need concrete testing.

I've asked for it.  Hopefully I'll get it soon.

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