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To: GuinnessGuy who wrote (21766)	5/14/1999 10:30:00 AM
From: J Fieb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

Can't forget that answer to the Q during the cc re; Internet2. An order of magnitude is worth reading about! So for my next homework I will be reading about Internet2 and will post some links for those who want to learn what its all about.... It appears to have a big slant toward digital video..... internet2.edu The Internet2 Digital Video initiative is a national, higher education video network service to provide capabilities to support scalable and easy-to-use applications to deliver live or stored streaming and interactive high-quality digital video. Internet2-DV will also establish a related project to gather, store and establish a means to license and distribute content for courses, informal lectures, documentaries, video conferences among Internet2 member institutions. This initiative will dramatically enhance and expand capabilities for producing and distributing highly specialized content. Internet2-DV will develop archive and search capabilities for video libraries. Led by the International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR), Internet2-DV is a collaborative effort among several high-performance network video initiatives at Internet2 members: •International Center for Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR) •Research TV Consortium •ViDe: Southeastern Universities Research Association's Video Development Initiative Existing work groups....... internet2.edu IPv6 •Measurement •Multicast •Network Management •Network Storage •Quality of Service •Routing •Security •Topology Notice the heavy LU participation in the I2 storage group..... Purpose Statement The Internet2 working group on storage is seeking to support Internet2 application development efforts by deploying advanced storage based services. The working group will focus on engineering performance improvements through the use of mechanisms such as data caching and replication. The primary activities of the working group will be: 1.Encouraging and facilitating the use of Web caching. 2.Discussing issues in the the definition and use of URNs. 3.Deploying a replicated testbed for network storage services. Working Group Chair Dr. Micah Beck, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Working Group Members •Leif Abrahamsson, Ellemtel •Mooi Choo, Lucent Technologies •Bert Dempsey, University of North Carolina •John Ellson, Lucent Technologies •Jill Gemmill, University of Alabama at Birmingham •Marty Hoag, North Dakota State University •David Kotz, Dartmouth College •Peter Marshall, CANARIE •Ken Miller, Starburst Communications •Keith Moore, University of Tennessee •Terry Moore, University of Tennessee •Joe St. Sauver, University of Oregon •Martin Swany, University of Tennessee •Ben Tang, Lucent Technologies •Jay Thompson, University of Tennessee Can anyone find any dots connecting these folks to FC? Thanks in advance. If caching will loom larger in the future can anyone find any info on FC caching SANs?

To: GuinnessGuy who wrote (21766)	5/14/1999 2:02:00 PM
From: Greg Hull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

Craig, I believe that the Ancor switches with 16 port ASICs will not be shipped until after the Brocade Cocoon switch is shipping. Someone can correct me if I am mistaken or if they have a more definitive date, but I believe I heard that the 256 port switch will be available this year and that the 16 port ASIC will be used in it (I hope so or else there will be 64 of the current ASICs in it). Ancor wants to incorporate the cost reductions into the 8 port and 16 port switches as soon as possible so it seems likely to me that the new ASIC will be used in them this year, too. Ancor's appetite for integration exceeds current wafer fab capabilities. I'm a little confused whether this affects the first 16 port ASIC, or follow-on projects. For you techies, I believe they are using 0.35 micron line widths and will require 0.18 micron fab for some of their plans. Any ASIC engineers out there who can comment on this? No comments on current contracts Brocade enjoys with CPQ or Dell. When suggested that the HP contract for switches with McData would be expiring soon, they would not comment because they couldn't remember if what they knew was public information. I was left with the impression that HP might be available within the next year. As an aside, there was a little reflection on how different things might have been if the HP chip had performed correctly a couple years ago. In all likelihood Ancor would have retained the Sequent business. This would have eliminated the need for preferred convertibles (or at least drastically altered them). The Brocade Prospectus that a stock broker brought to the meeting probably would not be available today, and it would have been Brocade who would have been on the rocks last year. No shareholder lawsuit. All of this at no fault of Ancor. Someone brought up the issue of the lack of ownership by board members. At least some members of management share our concern. Apparently some board members thought that it might not have been a wise financial decision to buy stock in Ancor last year. We've survived a lot and maybe the pot of gold is just over the next hill. Greg