Comment Reality Check (Score 1) 123
I think people need to realize that there is MUCH more to the computer industry than than the consumer market. YES, FireWire is a nice alternative to SCSI for a large number of devices. And yes, I'll be one of the first people to note that SCSI has many many issues, and will be phased out eventually.
But, let me be the one to tell you right now that the industry has absolutely NO interest in making hard-drives for the FireWire architecture. It is GREAT for digital cameras and high bandwidth applications, but is NOT tested in hard-disk storage to the extent of SCSI and FibreChannel.
FibreChannel was conceived to be the replacement to SCSI, and the industry has placed too much time and money into its conception to abandon it so readily, as some suggest. So, as it would be nice to have one standard interface for all computer devices, I seriously doubt it will be FireWire, but, rather something yet to be conceived.
Thanks for your time
John Ehn
Ehn Consulting
But, let me be the one to tell you right now that the industry has absolutely NO interest in making hard-drives for the FireWire architecture. It is GREAT for digital cameras and high bandwidth applications, but is NOT tested in hard-disk storage to the extent of SCSI and FibreChannel.
FibreChannel was conceived to be the replacement to SCSI, and the industry has placed too much time and money into its conception to abandon it so readily, as some suggest. So, as it would be nice to have one standard interface for all computer devices, I seriously doubt it will be FireWire, but, rather something yet to be conceived.
Thanks for your time
John Ehn
Ehn Consulting
