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To: George Dawson who wrote (1631)	11/17/1999 8:29:00 PM
From: George Dawson	Respond to of 4808

Here are some impressive stats on the SGI Fibre Vault: www2.infostor.com Configuration has 88 FCAL loops, 704 -> 897 disk drives (9GB Seagate Barracuda), and throughput of 5.4-7.3 GB/s. Probably highlights the fact that there is a potential bottleneck here if it is run as NAS. On the other hand many users don't need the above levels of throughput. George D.

To: George Dawson who wrote (1631)	11/20/1999 11:12:00 AM
From: J Fieb	Respond to of 4808

George D., We will have to watch the SNIA site. Lots of coming soon links there. snia.org File System Area Jeff Helthall, CrosStor, Chair We?re focused on extending SAN file-access capabilities, so that data does not need to flow through a file server. Look to our group to develop a solution involving distributed copies and ownership for file-system meta-data. To do this, we are investigating how to extend Microsoft?s CIFS file system protocol and NFS protocols. We are now: Reviewing proposals for CIFS protocol extensions Planning standardization work Implementing a prototype Planning a live demo crosstor.com They have an office in Denver Co. Focus On: Jini makes storage smarter By James E. Gaskin, Inter@ctive Week November 1, 1999 12:00 AM ET If devices enabled with Sun Microsystems' Jini technology do take off, users will start generating plenty of Jini network data as it gets designed into products. In that case, Seagate Technology will be ready with Jini-enabled intelligent network storage devices. Home networking between intelligent devices drives up demand for hard disk storage, according to Nigel Macleod, vice president of advanced concepts labs at Seagate (www. seagate.com). "Digital storage in the home will be hard drive-based," he says, "and Jini gives enough intelligence to provide a generalized vehicle to make that happen." As digital recording methods start to appear in video components such as set-top boxes and VCRs, home hard drive use will explode. Much of this will depend on wireless technologies, Macleod notes, because "99 percent of people will not rewire their house. "The key to Jini success is infrastructure and applications," he says. Seagate engineers believe the home network architecture will revolve around a system containing disk drives, and running a Java Virtual Machine and Jini on such disk drives will build the infrastructure more quickly. "Our hard drive can capture three video streams at once," Macleod says, assuming a pipeline of that size will exist in homes in the near future. "Other consumer devices have much lower bandwidth," he adds, making the device doing the video capture the logical choice of the home network controller. zdnet.com Saw something on Crds site on FC to 1394 bridge. FC to firewire? FC to the home!! (Just kidding)