[Gllug] SCSI Cards.

[John Hearns]

On Wed, 2002-01-09 at 17:13, Jackson, Harry wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Hearns [mailto:john.hearns at framestore-cfc.com]
> > 
> > For big systems and storage arrays it is a different matter.
> > 
> > My favourite book of the moment is "Building Storage Networks"
> > by Mark Farley.
> > He discusses IDE on page 41 - and only devotes 1/2 page to it.
> > 
> > Interestingly enough, he then discusses Firewire.
> 
> How many pages does he devote to this ;-). I know bugger all about firewire
> so if anyone would like to elaborate on the various merits catches or
> personal experiences of the technology it would be good reading.

Half a page each on IDE, Firewire and HIPPI I'm afraid.

http://www.buildingstorage.com
The book really is about building storage area networks,
and running the storage protocols over:
FibreChannel
Ethernet TCP/IP
Infiniband

I think Firewire is one of these things which COULD take off
in a very big way, if there is sufficient volume of production.
The topic of wiring up clusters using Firewire networking comes
up on the Beowulf and rendering lists I follow.
But being cynical, I think it wont take off as a networking
technology.


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