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To: Knight who wrote (37784)	1/11/2001 1:02:07 PM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

I wonder if there are other technologies that could eventually compete with WAFL? There may be. I know of none. Better disk drive technology, assuming the devices are still rotating storage with track seeking read/write heads, will not disrupt WAFL. They will only serve as a more efficient device for WAFL to use. The technology that we are looking for to disrupt WAFL will either be a new file layout supported by software that is compliant with NFS and CIFS file protocol, sits on industry-standard "commodity" hardware, and is significantly more efficient than WAFL or a new drive technology that obviates the latency of rotating storage and/or track seeking read/write heads.