Network managers are accustomed to steady improvements in network bandwidth and infrastructure.
Yet the performance gains promised by high-speed switches and adapters have been stymied by servers and storage subsystems that can't keep up. And next month Adaptec Inc. will unveil its File Array technology, which aims to speed access to files on subsystems by moving much of the Microsoft Windows NT file system to the RAID controller. 2 O, according to Adaptec officials. I 2 O, spearheaded by Intel Corp., outlines standard drivers for OSes and device controllers, each of which talk to an intelligent processor. Vendors shipping compliant servers by year-end will include intelligent processors directly on the motherboard or on a PCI adapter from that vendor.