http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/abstracts/rd/524/chambliss.html
[They] describe the design of a prototype system by which the IBM DS8000™ storage system can host application extensions, called Adjuncts, that improve the operation of z/OS® (mainframe) applications. These extensions process large amounts of data in operations like searching, sorting, and indexing, so that the host application need not even access most of the data. -- Tom Schmidt (I apologize for the on-topic post here -- I'm sure other regular posters will generate enough noise to bury it in practically no time at all.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html