DAFS enables applications to access network interface hardware without operating system intervention, and carry out bulk data transfers directly to or from application buffers with minimal CPU overhead. The DAFS Collaborative was formed by Network Appliance, Intel, and other leading systems, storage and networking vendors, with the goal of making the Direct Access File System protocol available to the industry. Today, more than 65 companies are members of the DAFS Collaborative. New members joining in the first quarter of 2001 include Alcita Technologies, Brocade Communications, Congruent Software, Ikadega, Independent Storage, Interphase, inRAID, Mellanox, Oracle, Quest Software, Texas Memory Systems, Voltaire and Xyratex. Our membership has grown enormously since last summer, and we are enthusiastic about the road ahead.
Additional participants are welcome and can join online.