1. Richard P. MountHEPIX-HEPNT Meeting, SLAC, October 1999 HEPIX-HEPNT Welcome and Belated Welcome Richard P. Mount SLAC

2. Richard P. MountHEPIX-HEPNT Meeting, SLAC, October 1999 Welcome to SLAC Where the performance of PEP II has surprised (nearly) all of us: 10 33 cm -2 s -1 and rising; Where Objectivity is proving to be just as exciting as expected; Where we are telling ourselves that Linux is almost under control; Where Windows 2000 seems to present opportunities for both rationalization and chaos.

3. Richard P. MountHEPIX-HEPNT Meeting, SLAC, October 1999 BaBar Prompt Reconstruction

4. Richard P. MountHEPIX-HEPNT Meeting, SLAC, October 1999 Object Databases are Fun! (Writing into the BaBar Object Database at SLAC) 60 days ago: ~4.7 Mbytes/s 3 days ago: ~28 Mbytes/s

5. Richard P. MountHEPIX-HEPNT Meeting, SLAC, October 1999

6. Richard P. MountHEPIX-HEPNT Meeting, SLAC, October 1999 My Concerns Windows 2000: –How fast must we migrate? –How much effort will be needed? –Can we get the architecture right first time? Linux: –How personal can the computers be? Systems: –Will big SMPs still have a rôle? Storage: –Disks from Fry’s Electronics$10/Gbyte; –STK Eagle media $4/Gbyte; –What future for serial media?