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To: Craig Stevenson who wrote (610)	5/22/1998 6:28:00 PM
From: trendmastr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4808

Thanks to Craig S2 on the ANCR thread: << IBM And Data General Ready High-End Storage Products (05/22/98; 12:41 p.m. EST) By Martin J. Garvey, InformationWeek IBM and Data General's Clariion unit will soon roll out new products for high-end data storage and distribution. Next month, IBM (company profile) said it plans to ship its Tarpon storage-system sharing product that partitions storage segments to diverse operating systems, as well as its InfoSpeed data-switching system, which is capable of moving data between different systems at channel speeds. Clariion's FC 5500 architecture will be customized for specific applications residing on multiple servers. IBM's Tarpon unit is designed to segment storage for different servers by partitioning multiple volumes for each of those units inside the system. Significantly, this is the first time Big Blue has engineered a storage system that works not only with IBM servers, but also with units from competitors such as Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems. IBM's upcoming InfoSpeed data-piping product is built to transport data between storage subsystems from a mainframe source to Unix or Windows NT servers. InfoSpeed works at channel speeds, which are much faster than network speeds. Clariion's architecture supports individual storage systems customized for particular Unix and NT server-based applications. It also adds functionality to the company's FC 5500 units, letting customers set up systems for disparate functions such as file and print, video streaming, and online transactional processing. The architecture will be based on high-speed fibre channel hardware paired with software. >>

To: Craig Stevenson who wrote (610)	5/27/1998 7:07:00 PM
From: George Dawson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 4808

Craig, Cal Nelson told me at the shareholder's meeting that class 3 now doesn't mean forever. He meant that there could be a migration up classes as more FC storage comes on line. He also clarified that although class 3 was not optimal for tape storage it could be done. George

To: Craig Stevenson who wrote (610)	5/30/1998 7:40:00 AM
From: Neil S	Respond to of 4808

Craig, [Yes i am paranoid <g>]. Extreme Networks and Trunking: techweb.com <<Tony Lee, product-line manager for switches at Extreme, said trunking is the company's preferred solution to what would normally be solved by Fibre Channel links. Extreme does not rule out adding Fibre Channel ports to switches, but is going to put trunking support in a much more central role. Lee said the IEEE-802 group has formed a new 802.3ad working group to address link aggregation. This effort to standardize trunking will be something Extreme will work on closely.>> Neil