Paul Millar [mailto:paul.millar@desy.de] said:
StorageSupply ?
I don't really like that, it doesn't convey the idea of representing the hardware.
I'm not a fan of StorageLibrary as, to me, it sounds quite tape-specific (people tend not to talk about libraries of disks, right?).
Perhaps not, but I'm not sure there's a good reason why you can't. Possibly it's just a visual thing, tapes in racks look like a library and disk racks don't?
StorageSupply would be OK; but for me, "supply" doesn't hint strongly that it's the physical medium/media we're referring to.
Indeed.
I did a quick hunt through an online thesaurus. Would one of these be useful?
StorageRepository StorageVault StorageSource StorageBase StorageArchive StorageWarehouse
Of those I'd be inclined to go for StorageVault, partly because it's short. Also it somewhat conveys the right idea, while being sufficiently exotic that you realise that it's a specialised term. And while it does have some extra connotations (vampires? :) they don't really relate to computing, whereas e.g. Archive would suggest something that would be read infrequently. Repository would be my second choice, but it's longer and to me at least fairly meaningless. Stephen PS http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayProduct.do ?productId=CON-3291