On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:51 PM, George Imburgia <na...@armorfirewall.com>wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Barry Shein wrote: > > The big advantage of RFIDs is that you don't need line of sight access >> like you do with bar codes, they use RF, radio frequency. >> > > Which is also a big disadvantage in a datacenter. Ever tried to use a radio > in one? > > The RF noise generated by digital equipment seriously erodes signal > quality. Considering the relatively weak signal returned from RFID tags, I'd > be surprised if you'd get any kind of useful range. > > Has anybody tried it out? > > FYI: Looked into this in my previous job-project, and bookmarked this as a positive record of such: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/11/03/rfid-in-the-data-center/I think it works. ***Stefan Mititelu http://twitter.com/netfortius http://www.linkedin.com/in/netfortius
