To: J Fieb who wrote (23940 ) 9/2/1999 9:36:00 AM From: J Fieb Respond to of 29386
From INTC site...... The other major cluster development for SHV servers was the release of Revision 1.0 of the Virtual Interface Architecture specification. Promoted by Compaq*, Intel, and Microsoft, VI Architecture is an open specification for low-overhead message-passing within clusters of volume servers and workstations. While compatible with LAN technology, the benefits of VI architecture are fully realized in the newer SANs. The inherently lower overheads found in the SAN environment are fully exploited by hardware and software designed to support the VI architecture specification. By focusing the volume cluster hardware industry around a common message-passing model, the VI architecture is expected to foster SAN competition, accelerate SAN innovation, and spur development of scalable applications, such as database systems and various types of Internet and Web services. The first VI architecture based hardware products are scheduled to reach the market in the first half of 1998, with others to follow later in the year and into 1999. Scalable database management systems will be the first VI architecture based software products, also expected to reach the market in 1998. developer.intel.com This was talked about in the past on the thread..... Not much else...... Perhaps John Milner's gp put it all together?developer.intel.com The internet is everywhere -- and it is being powered by Intel architecture. John will present Intel-based server technology advancements being developed to deliver upon the connected Internet Economy vision. Topics will include: IA-64 industry preparation, NGIO, high-density server form-factors, telecom/datacom convergence, server appliances and ,Intel's overall server industry enablement activities .