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To: riposte who wrote (586)	2/1/1999 9:52:00 AM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

Sounds a bit like they're [Seagate] taking a look at EMC and NTAP's turf's, doesn't it? Not at all. These OOD (object oriented device) features of Seagate's fibre channel architecture still require a network operating system such as NT or ONTAP (NTAP) or EMC's software to take advantage of these features. Seagate is enhancing the reliability, speed, and ease of use of its products when used in a network attached storage architecture to the degree that the product integrators (NTAP, EMC, etc.) decide to take advantage of these features. One important consideration for these integrators is how tightly coupled they are willing to become to a particular drive manufacturer. If they write their software to require Seagate drives only, then they lock themselves out of alternative suppliers, such as Fujitsu. An exerpt from their white paper: "Seagate is a key enabler of SN [storage network] technologies. " That means that they are not a supplier of these technologies to the end-user. They supply enabling features that integrators must then design their products to use. Thanks for the excellent question and web site. I recommend that anyone investing in EMC or NTAP have a good read of this entire site.