>>>>Of course local data will be faster than network data. A hard drive controller has much higher throughput than a network card. Comparing those is like like comparing apples and oranges.
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>>>Everyone knows oranges have a much higher throughput than apples.
>>But what about bananas?
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>It's a completely different protocol, and it's really hard to compare. It's like comparing rollerblades vs ice skates - there are similarities, some aspects really are comparable, but you'd never try to replace one with the other.

... and then there are durian... At first glance the UI looks formidable and many agree it stinks, but once you get at the core functionality some folks say it's sweet and pretty smooth -- enough for fans to say it's almost addicting.

Now as far as throughput goes... I'm sure you agree that prunes work well in flushing out stuck output ports... (though some have claimed having problems with output buffer overflows)