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To: Z Analyzer who wrote (4795)	10/23/1998 1:15:00 PM
From: Mark Oliver	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9256

I thought Gus had some very interesting comments on the state of tape storage, and Quantum's foray into the tape library business. Interesting input as always and if Gus won't share his thoughts here, we'll just have to post it ourselves. By the way Gus, how does your LTO/SDLT change based on time to market? Do you think LTO will be late? Seemed like they may have indicated a further slip in the last SEG conference call? exchange2000.com Regards, Mark

To: Z Analyzer who wrote (4795)	10/25/1998 4:19:00 PM
From: Pierre-X	Respond to of 9256

Interesting and valid rebuttal. It seems as though Fujitsu is pursuing an inconsistent strategy with this line of drives -- on the one hand apparently addressing the performance-driven market segment with the fast seek times -- yet paradoxically addressing a different market need with the advertised lower power consumption. I would imagine buyers willing to cough up extra cash to drop seek times by a millisecond or two wouldn't hesitate to bulk up their cooling gear if that's what it took ... ? On the other hand, if the JIT seek process does function as billed then it's a "free" benefit and will probably show up in many drives in short order.

To: Z Analyzer who wrote (4795)	10/25/1998 11:03:00 PM
From: Gus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9256

Fujitsu is following SEG's lead in using 3" disks in a 3.5" form factor in their 10,000 rpm drives. SEG is using it in their second generation -- and, if I am not mistaken, SEG will continue using it it in their third generation Cheetahs -- while Fujitsu is using it in their first generation 10,000 rpm drives. I haven't really checked but I don't think IBM (first gen 10,000 rpm drives) and Hitachi (first gen 14,000 rpm drives) use the same approach. Notable is the way that the disk drive designs of IBM, Fujitsu and Hitachi benefit from the fact that all three are major mainframe players illustrating the conventional wisdom that the best component designs often flow from a systems approach to product development. As the only indy in the bunch and the dominant player in this category, SEG has established close ties with the most influential players in high-end storage systems, notably EMC.