NEPS - 12/4/03 ST Arch: client direct access - block or obs STP: what is it? (why we're here) no negotiation - capability and strategy lightweight heterogeneous client complete client semantics leases, locks, revocation move data in use real integration no inodes (unique FS structure) Standard protocol for SAN FSs less interested in NFS parallelism is not our focus small-to-large files heterogeneous proper semantics Delegation too basic No fallback to server concurrent write sharing