> I vividly imagine that there was quite a battle about this,
> because MSFT did NOT want to appear to endorse another vendor's
> file system as compatible with CIFS. I don't know what compelled
> MSFT to make this certification.
Since 1998, I've been more sensitive about semantics, what the
meaning of "is", is, and things like that. :) I noticed the following
in the press release:
[1] "Network Appliance is the first vendor to offer network-attached
storage (NAS) products on the Microsoft HCL."
This almost leads me to believe that NTAP is the only NAS company to
"offer" its system and maybe some $$, to undergoe testing by
Microsoft to get the certification? It may just be a badly worded
statement.
I believe badly worded statement because if it was just a matter
of offering to test and $$$, we would see the EMC Celerra or IP-4700
on that list - we *don't*.
[2] "NetApp® F700 series filers running Data ONTAP(TM) 6.0.1 or higher
have been included on the Microsoft® Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)".
Apparently, even though the new 840 series runs the same software,
they'll have to go through the testing again since this specifically
says "F700 series". Oh, well, that's the game.
[3] No quotes from anyone from Microsoft in the press release. It
must have been painful for them to enter this since Microsoft entered
the NAS product space with their software release this summer:
See:http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/serverappliance/NAS/giga.asp
Microsoft's own NAS software doesn't even show up on this list in
the NAS category since, apparently, no vendor's hardware running
it has passed their own testing! I love it!
Bill Gates must be banging his head on his desk. "What, you mean
Network Appliance NAS product is on our Hardware Compatibility List
but *OUR OWN OPERATING SYSTEM* released as NAS software isn't on
that list yet?" |
