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To: Craig Stevenson who wrote (16141)5/8/1998 11:24:00 AM
From: KJ. Moy  Read Replies (2) of 29386
 
Craig & George,

<<I won't speak for George, but I agree that server clustering is part of
the SAN strategy for Fibre Channel. (At least on the storage side.) The
argument becomes whether something other than Fibre Channel will be used
for clustering servers on the LAN or computing sides of the equation.
That was the reason for my question during the conference call regarding
ClusterNet and VIA becoming competitors to FC in the server clustering
space.

There still seem to be performance advantages to the proprietary
schemes, but when FC takes off, the cost advantages of a Fibre Channel
implementation could outweigh them.>>>

Your points are well taken. But, these proprietary schemes existed for ages and no doubt some of them may even perform better when clustering servers is the 'ONLY' concern. The very reason that FC is becoming popular is that it allows storage devices and computers to speak the same language and hence they can be 'NETWORKED' together over distance too. If these proprietary schemes are used to perform clustering, these same servers have to resort back the old ways of accessing storage or develop a new way? NO way. FC will win hands down. Sequent has their own proprietary way of clustering. It is called IQ-link. As far as talking in between computers, it is fine. Other than that, it needs Brocade and FC.

KJ
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