Can you post some links from the research that you have been doing, I'd be interested to see what you found.
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 11:10:51 -0600, Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I started reading about these things on Monday when Dustin first posted > about them. The more I read, the more excited I got about the > possibilities that the AoE technology has and the capabilities of the > products given the low price. I printed out some of the info and showed > it to my managers who were also impressed at the cost and capabilities. > Then I checked the web site again last night, and the prices are even > lower! I'm definitely looking forward to hearing Brantley speak. > Hopefully we'll be buying an EtherDrive system soon. > > On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 22:40 -0600, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > Great. > > > > Now I need a few more hands. :) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tim Fournet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 3:31 PM > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] EtherDrive Storage Blades > > > > > > > aye * 2 > > > > > > On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 14:54 -0600, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > >> Brantley would like to discuss storage blades at the January meeting. > > >> However, due to the low (=> no) attendence in December, I want to get a > > >> hand-count of people that will attend first. Anyone that will be > > >> attending, > > >> say "aye". > > >> > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> > This talk covers some of the history of disks and networking and how > > >> > they came together. It also shows how the EtherDrive storage blades > > >> > are the next step in the evolution of storage. Starting with the work > > >> > at IBM in the 50's, the development of disk storage technology has > > >> > advanced non-stop. The advent of Ethernet networking in the 1970's > > >> > ushered in a new era of storage: keeping disk on one network node and > > >> > doing the computation on another. This talk will show how IBM > > >> > channels, fibre channel, SCSI, SMD, ST506 and ATA all fit into > > >> > history, and how Ethernet continues to affect storage, first with NFS, > > >> > and iSCSI and now AoE. > > >> > > > >> > Brantley Coile is the CTO of Coraid Inc and along with Sam Hopkins > > >> > developed the AoE protocol. Brantley has been doing Unix stuff for > > >> > over 20 years, first with Seventh Edition Unix. Brantley did > > >> > pioneering work in embedding Unix in the 1980s, and was the first to > > >> > develop a disk caddy for SCSI disk in 1986. Brantley is also known > > >> > for the invention of stateful packet inspection and tcp based load > > >> > sharing network applicance. His products include the Cisco PIX and > > >> > the Cisco LocalDirector. > > >> > > > >> > Coraid is a new startup founded to provide the most affordable and > > >> > flexible storage possible to the Open Source community. Coraid's > > >> > products includes the EtherDrive storage blade, and the RAIDblade RAID > > >> > front end. > > >> > > > >> > http://www.coraid.com > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> General mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Adam Melancon Work: http://www.vermilion.lib.la.us Personal: http://www.melancon.org
