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To: Douglas Nordgren who wrote (2148)	8/13/2000 11:58:20 AM
From: KJ. Moy	Respond to of 4808

Douglas, <<IP runs faster on faster wires. IP over optical Sonet pushes 10Gbs at OC-192. IP over FC will move at FC speeds as they develop. IP protocol engines over InfiniBand will scream.>> I beg to differ. There are times, many times in fact, where congestion occurs even the bandwidth between two WAN points was ample, i.e. a DS3 between two routers is running at 30%. The reason could be many. I can offer a couple from my working experience. 1. Downstream router/link congestion. 2. Router table(s) screwups. 3. ATM bandwidth over commitment. The protocol converter effect from FC/IP will add delays for FC over IP. The point is, because of the inefficiency of IP's architecture. FC over IP may never reach the 'Native' FC speed regardless what these high profile companies are going to do. The same for InfiniBand IMHO. Then again, running at 'Native' FC speed may not be the objective for the target market(s). KJ