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To: Neil S who wrote (16235)	5/18/1998 9:31:00 AM
From: KJ. Moy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

Neil, <<Another reason that we believe Fibre Channel will win over ServerNet in the clustering space is that the latter is more of a proprietary technology. Compaq now "owns" ServerNet through its acquisition of Tandem. As a result, we believe that Compaq's server competition will prefer Fibre Channel since it is a vendor-independent technology. >>> IMHO,I believe Compaq will implement FC rather than ServerNet as the clustering technology unless there is a clear strategic advantage for them to use solely ServerNet. KJ

To: Neil S who wrote (16235)	5/18/1998 9:41:00 AM
From: Craig Stevenson	Respond to of 29386

Neil, Thanks for the great link to the Morgan Keegan Fibre Channel report. It looks as if someone else agrees with us about Fibre Channel's prospects down the road. And in particular, I like the fact that someone agrees with me that Fibre Channel makes a lot of sense when compared with proprietary clustering schemes. After reading the report, I was reminded of one issue that we don't discuss very much. That is Fibre Channel's ability to provide both network and channel services allows a Fibre Channel card to replace several other adapters. For example, a server would not necessarily need separate Ethernet and SCSI cards. A single Fibre Channel card could provide both functions, and offer access to many more storage devices at the same time. This may become more of an issue if high-speed bus slots are limited to a single slot. (As is the case with AGP.) Craig