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To: JRH who wrote (2427)	6/2/1999 2:31:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Curious since Sun Micro is making a major pitch this month to emphasize storage, how SUNW fits in? Sun is a new kid on the block as far as storage is concerned, but isn't Sun a potential major competitor? Chaz too

To: JRH who wrote (2427)	6/2/1999 4:23:00 PM
From: DownSouth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

The downside to this method is that if your network is slow, your access to the files will likewise be slow. The NTAP filers (NAS) attache to any point in the network. At ISPs the filers are attached to the fiber optic ring(s) in the computer room. So the speed of the backbone has no effect on the ability of the application servers (web servers, database servers, etc) to access data through the in-house network. Other advanatages over SAN: 1. No operating system (UNIX or NT) to maintain on the filer. 2. Secure access to data by both UNIX and NT applications concurrently (to the same files). 3. No special training of sys admins. 4. 99.999% availability. 5. 30 minunte setup from opening the shipping carton to being operational. There are many more having to do with vendor support, backup, recovery, and mirroring, but I won't go on.

To: JRH who wrote (2427)	6/2/1999 10:49:00 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

Justin, In addition to everything you mentioned, my understanding from an entirely non-technical point of view is that EMC's SAN solutions are faster and much more scalable. That's why they are used by most of the Fortune 500 companies who can afford their higher priced products. NTAP for the most part excels in satisfying the needs of the smaller companies who can't afford EMC's products and who don't have the need for such scalability and speed. While the two companies occasionally compete, their core competencies aren't competitive. I own EMC (instead of NTAP) for one simple reason. Following the 80/20 rule, about 80% of storage is needed by 20% of the companies, the really large ones. Those are the companies creating a need for more storage at faster rates. That's my understanding. Am I right? --Mike BUckley