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To: Heeren Pathak who wrote (25261)	5/24/2000 10:26:00 AM
From: alankeister	Respond to of 54805

Considering there are a number of NTAP backers here. What does this do to the "software" advantage the NTAP has? I wasn't aware of this development from Oracle. adding InterMedia to Oracle will allow document conversion on the fly. Notice I said document conversion. This may be nice for end users who open documents but it doesn't help much else as far as I can tell. Oracle has a neat idea in developing their own OS. If they do so, it will have to be a special-purpose standalone server like a NetApp Filer. Many databases run by alone on a server anyway so that's not a negative. However, databases are typically complex beasts that require lots of support. Many tech companies have whole groups or departments that support databases. If (big if) Oracle can make such a device very simple to set up, they could have a disruptive technology for document storage. I don't see this as a threat to NAS because databases are not well suited for storing a diverse set of files. In addition, backing up and restoring large databases is a complex job. One of the advantages NetApp Filers has is the ability easily backup the data. - Alan