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To: Jo Ellen T who wrote (2166)	9/8/2000 2:04:15 PM
From: HandsOn	Respond to of 8686

Yeah real slow opening page.

To: Jo Ellen T who wrote (2166)	9/8/2000 2:04:44 PM
From: cheryl122	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8686

JE I just tried to read the COVD board for the first time today on Yahoo and it is taking a long time to load up. I finally stopped it and just left! Cheryl

To: Jo Ellen T who wrote (2166)	9/24/2000 10:06:20 AM
From: peter a. pedroli	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8686

from the yahoo inph board.. Internetweek article is out, Interphase is the spotlight and beats Qlogic in direct comparison. Interphase A-, Qlogic B. Especially regarding manageability Qlogic achievements were poor, Interphase was superior even if not all features were ready yet with the drivers. Interphase got a big appreciation for it´s multi vendor support. Some highlights: "Even as Compaq claims that its goal is to drive SANs toward interoperability and open standards, its insistence that only Compaq storage hardware be connected to Compaq's SANs (with the possible exception of other x86 servers, but even those must use Compaq's HBAs) is a striking contrast to Interphase's aggressive openness." "The heart of the Interphase SAN was the company's impressive 5570 SlotOptimizer HBA, which provides both Gigabit Ethernet and SCSI-over-Fibre Channel ports on a single 66MHz 64-bit PCI card. At about $1,500 each, that's more expensive than going with Fast Ethernet and a standard FC HBA, but for high-density systems, full LAN and SAN connectivity would only take a single PCI slot--and a fully redundant solution would take only two slots. This card is ideal for low-profile rack-mounted servers, such as those reviewed last July (July 17)" "That points us to our runner-up in the SAN competition: Interphase. We were very impressed with the level of multivendor support that Interphase demonstrated with its solution, as the only products bearing the company's own name were its innovative Gigabit Ethernet/Fibre Channel card and its FibreView software. Everything else, it made to work. The flip-side of that is that the management software wasn't comprehensive, and its automatic failover features weren't yet complete. Along with Compaq's MA8000, Interphase shares the InternetWeek Approved spotlight." "Overall, Interphase was able to demonstrate a complete solution, and was the only vendor to bring a diverse multivendor solution representative of what enterprises are likely to deploy in the real world. We were particularly impressed with the product's interoperability and the dual Fibre Channel/Gigabit Ethernet card, which could lead to a fully redundant SAN/ Ethernet solution using low-profile servers. With better-integrated management and with automatic failover within or between Fibre Channel networks, it would be a tough solution to beat." See the full article:http://www.internetwk.com/reviews00/rev092500.htm That absolutely fits my picture: Qlogic, Jni and others may work well in one-vendor systems, but Interphase leads in interoperability, which will a big advantage with server vendor´s interoperability efforts going forward; besides this revenues from resellers should do very well, once the word about Interphase´s leading interoperability abilities goes around.