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To: janski who wrote (14934)	3/7/1998 12:50:00 PM
From: George Dawson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

I think this is one of Craig's pet projects - the ethernet to FC interface and I think he has asked Ancor to develop it. Unless it was very bursty, higher bandwidth, or limited PCs/loop I don't know what the FC-AL advantage would be. George D.

To: janski who wrote (14934)	3/9/1998 9:30:00 AM
From: Craig Stevenson	Respond to of 29386

Janski, << I suppose if SAN's develop into true network like entities with firmware inside the disk controllers(?) FC switch(?) smart enough to manage data integrity and the Ethernet/ATM adapters allowing work stations to be attached to the network directly the servers in between could go away? In smaller environments at least?>> I believe you are starting to see the potential of SANs. This is exactly the scenario that I am waiting to see, and there are a number of companies already working on it. (Look up "Filers" on the internet to get a glimpse of what I have been looking at for the last 6 months.) Eliminating the servers should reduce overall cost, improve reliability, and increase flexibility, but will require additional connectivity. Let's see, how do you attach a whole bunch of Fibre Channel storage devices to a network without compromising performance? <g> Craig