Answers to frequently asked questions for comp.arch.storage: Part 2 of 2

ディスク、テープ、ディスクアレーなどの情報はこのＦＡＱの１部であります。 ２部でファイルシステム、階層型保存管理ソフト（ＨＳＭ）、バックアップソ フト、オートチェンジャ、ベンチマークなどの情報があります。 Information on disk, tape, MO, RAID and SSD can be found in part 1 of the FAQ. Part 2 covers file systems, hierarchical storage management, backup software, robotics, benchmarking, MTBF and miscellaneous topics.

Table of contents

• Part 1 of the FAQ
• Part 1 (ASCII) of the FAQ
• Part 2 (ASCII) of the FAQ
• Japanese Version of Part 1 of the FAQ
• Japanese Version of Part 2 of the FAQ
• My Home Page

• Standards
  • ANSI X3B5 {None}
  • IEEE Mass Storage System Ref Model (OSSI) {Brief, 6/1/95}
  • ECMA - European Computer Manufacturers Association {None}
  • System Independent Data Format (SIDF)
• I/O Related Email Lists
• Hierarchical Storage Management
  • Unitree {Brief}
    • Epoch vs Unitree
  • National Storage Lab {Brief}
  • HIARC {New}
  • Epoch (also known as StorageTek's NearNet) {Brief}
  • Zetaco/NETstor {Brief}
  • R-Squared Infinity IFS 2 {Brief}
  • AMASS
  • Tracer XFS {None}
  • Metior
  • NAStore {Brief}
  • DMF {Brief}
  • FileServ {Brief}
  • Cray Research's Open Storage Manager {Brief}
  • T-mass {None}
  • HP OpenView OmniStorage
  • Platinum NetArchive-HSM {Brief, New}
  • Large Storage Configurations {Brief,New}
  • Unix HSM Vendor List
  • Mainframe
  • PC & PC Server Oriented Packages
    • HP Optical Jukebox Storage Solution
    • Chili Pepper Software
    • Cheyenne ARCserve
  • DATMAN {Brief}
  • Windows NT
  • Other Non-Unix HSM
  • Tapes as Disks {Brief, New}
• Backup Software
  • PC-Oriented Backup Packages
  • Unix Packages
    • Spectra Logic Alexandria
    • ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager
    • NetWorker
    • BudTool {Brief}
    • HP OmniBack II {Brief, New}
    • Workstation Solutions {Brief}
    • Amanda {Brief, New}
    • Remote Backup or Mirroring {Brief, New}
• Tape and Autochanger Management Software
  • REELlibrarian
  • ANT Medium Changer
  • Tapes 3000 {Brief}
  • Others
• Robotics (Autochangers, Jukeboxes, Stackers, Libraries)
  • 8mm {Brief}
    • Exabyte {Brief}
      • EXB-10h
      • EXB-210
      • EXB-220
      • EXB-440/480
      • EXB-10
      • EXB-10i
      • EXB-10e
      • EXB-120
    • ADIC {Brief, New}
    • Storage Tek (was Lago) DataWheel {Brief}
    • ACL {None}
    • Cambridge On-Line Storage {Brief}
    • Spectra Logic {Brief}
    • Qualstar {Brief}
  • 3480
    • StorageTek {Brief}
    • EMASS (was GRAU) {Brief}
    • 3590 (Magstar,NTP) {Brief}
  • 4mm {Brief}
    • Cambridge On-Line storage {Brief}
    • Spectra Logic {Brief}
    • HP 4mm {Brief}
    • Storage Tek Datawheel {Brief}
    • Diverse Logistics Libra {Brief, New}
    • Qualstar {Brief, New}
    • ADIC {Brief, New}
  • VHS {Brief}
    • MountainGate (was Metrum)
  • Digital Linear Tape (DLT) (Quantum) {Brief}
    • TZ877 {Brief}
    • TL820 {Brief}
    • MountainGate
    • Breece Hill {Brief}
    • Odetics {Brief}
    • MediaLogic ADL
    • ADIC {Brief, New}
  • D-2
    • Ampex
    • Odetics
  • ID-1
    • Sony DMS, PetaSite {Brief}
  • Optical Disk (MO,WORM) Libraries
    • Hitachi 448 GB optical library
    • HP MO Autochangers
    • Maxoptix MO Autochangers
    • MountainGate {Brief}
    • DISC DocuStore {Brief}
    • Kodak {Brief}
    • Sony {Brief}
  • CD-ROM Jukeboxes
    • Pioneer
    • CyberTower {Brief, New}
    • NSMJukebox {Brief, New}
    • Nakamichi {Brief, New}
    • CDI Juke Box Library {Brief,New}
    • K & S M-200 {Brief, New}
    • DISC {Brief, New}
    • Meridian {Brief, New}
• File Systems
  • NFS {Brief}
    • NFS V3
  • AFS {Brief}
  • DFS {Brief}
  • Log based file systems
  • Mainframe File Systems
  • Parallel System File Systems
  • Microsoft Windows NT {Brief}
  • Large Unix File Systems
  • Non-Unix Large File Systems
• (Device) Interfaces
  • SCSI {Full}
    • Single ended vs differential
    • Asynchronous vs Synchronous Transfers
    • SCSI-I vs SCSI-II vs SCSI-III
    • Fast-Wide SCSI
    • Shared Busses / Performance {Brief}
    • Cabling/Hot Plugging {Brief}
    • Third Party Transfers/Separation of Control & Data Paths {Brief}
  • IDE {Brief}
  • IPI {None}
  • HIPPI {Brief}
    • HIPPI-6400 {Brief}
  • Ultranet {Brief}
  • Ethernet {Brief}
  • FDDI {None}
  • Fibre Channel Standard (FCS)
  • ESCONN/SBCON {Brief}
  • IEEE P1394 (Serial Bus)
  • Serial Storage Architecture (SSA)
  • S2I: IEEE P1285 Scalable Storage Interface
  • Multibus, Unibus, Mainframe Channels, and other history {None}
• Other
  • Video vs Datagrade tapes {brief, 5/94}
  • Compression
• Benchmarking
• Mass Storage Conferences
  • THIC Tape Head Interface Committee {Brief, New}
• MTBF (Mean Time Between Flareups, er, Failures)
• Mass Storage Reports
• Network-Attached Peripherals {Brief}
• Other References
  • Print
  • Web
  • Newsgroups
  • Research Papers
• ORIGINAL CALL FOR VOTES
• Original Author's Disclaimer and Affiliation:
• Copyright Notice
• Additional Topics to be added

email me at rdv@isi.edu

Copyright 1996 Rod Van Meter