On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 01:25:24PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> > > The scary thing about this posting is that Joe was able to construct his
> > > 1TB+ filesystem with *ONLY* 37 hard drives.
...
> > I think you'll
> > continue to see a move towards some sort of "storage appliance" for various
> > applications, just like the Diablo server is a storage appliance for Usenet
> > articles. It's not exactly a filesystem, but it's similar in that it is a
> > fit-for-purpose model to do the required task.
>
> IMO, this is where SAN comes into the picture. But I just want Fibre
> Fabric working. 8)
If only the FC switches came down in price. And the adapters. I get to play
with this at work, and it is really the road to go. But for now the $$
involved are really substantial.
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