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SubjectRe: Scheduled Transfer Protocol on Linux
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In message <20000213115252.A628@best.com>, Karen Shaeffer writes:
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| The original proposal from Larry McVoy was to replace the electronics now
| inside a disk drive with an embedded general purpose processor. I'll repeat
+--->8

So? This differs from current SCSI drives only in degree, not in kind. If
the drive vendors felt the need to do it, I feel quite certain they could do
it, and in sufficient volume to make it competitive with high-end SCSI.

| Imagine that cheapo IDIE drives could be bought soon with 100BaseT and
| not so soon with GigEth over copper connecters. They cost about $100
| more than your current IDE drives (which are essentially free :-)
|
| Imagine Linux with STP in the kernel on _both_ ends of the connection.
+--->8

Right, "simple" NASD drives in a private SAN. This differs from SCSI
exactly how?

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