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To: George Dawson who wrote (18365)	10/3/1998 10:07:00 PM
From: Craig Stevenson	Respond to of 29386

George, It seems to me that the best way to DIRECTLY attach to storage devices is Fibre Channel, and that's why Intel's "switched fabric" comment got my attention. If they leave storage out of the picture, or provide a bridge to it, then other methods could be used. The reason I still hold out hope for Fibre Channel is because of its ability to transport both channel and network protocols. The other thing that may play a role is cost. If a high-end server has to have a Fibre Channel chip on it anyway (to attach to FC drives), why not have an entire switched fabric I/O system? I wonder if the FC guys can drive the latency down enough for this to be feasible? Craig