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- Infortrend ships first 2.5-inch enterprise class array drives
- Infortrend announced its EonStor B12, the first enterprise class 2.5-inch array drives, which provide better performance and efficiency compared to their 3.5-inch counterparts. An excerpt from InfoWorld: The B12 comes equipped with two SAS serial attached SCSI or FC Fibre Channel host ports, which should appeal...
- Blog posts 2008-01-27
- Fibre Channel and Ethernet starting to converge
- Ethernet, the longtime standard for LAN traffic, is seeing another upgrade on the horizon, with 10 Gbps Ethernet beginning to explode onto the market. The speed upgrade will help Ethernet and Fibre Channel, the longtime standard for SAN traffic, converge onto one high speed network, linking servers in large...
- Blog posts 2007-12-28
- Intel open sources Fibre Channel over Ethernet package
- Intel has released a software package that is intended to encourage the development of Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE products for the Linux operating system. If you are scratching your head about what FCoE is, here's an excerpt from Network World: FCoE is a proposed specification...
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- Brocade ships 8 Gbit/s fibre channel blades
- At the Storage Networking World in Dallas, Brocade announced that its first 8 Gbit/s blades have already shipped to OEMs for evaluation. General availability should come early next year. Excerpt from The Register: Brocade says the transition from 4 to 8 Gbit/s is especially valuable...
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- Five new developments in storage infrastructure solutions
- First there was Ethernet. Then, there was IP over Ethernet. Next came the mixed use of Ethernet, IP, and the SCSI command set iSCSI to simplify storage and to bring down the cost and complexity of storage. Today, iSCSI and Fibre Channel are fighting it out in all but the...
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- Shared block-level storage continues to become more accessible
- I considered entitling this post "Is storage becoming commoditized?" but the technical definition of "commodity" doesn't quite fit the bill. My question is this: Is the market for shared block-level storage continuing to become more accessible to a wider variety of customer? Personally, I think it is, and...
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- What's new in scalable storage solutions?
- Data storage is an issue that faces almost all organizations; as the company grows, so does the amount of data you need to keep on your network. However, a scalable data storage solution involves much more than just ever-increasing capacity; performance, reliability, security and usability must also keep up with...
- Technical articles 2006-12-11
- ATA over Ethernet: Worth considering?
- When it comes to shared block storage, your choices areever-expanding. Even better, they are expanding in the downward direction whenit comes to price. As prices come down, the technical nature of each solutionchanges drastically and, although the price might be right, the solution maynot fit the bill. I've written quite...
- Technical articles 2006-08-17
- Identify and manage Fibre Channel SAN security risks
- The critical issues associated with SANs, combined with the lack of communication concerning defenses, has created a security gap in storage.This sample chapter from Securing Storage: A Practical Guide to SAN and NAS Security discusses Fibre Channel SAN security risks. The chapter covers the following topics:SAN risksRisks of Fibre ChannelFibre...
- Download resources 2006-05-05
- Getting enough fibre? Why fibre channel rules in the most rigorous storage environments
- In this lastpart of my series on the different types of storage hard drives and controllers(Parallel ATAand SATA 1, SATAII, SCSI,SAS), Iwill present information about the current Grand Poobah of magnetic storage:fibre channel. The specification for fibre channel was ANSI-approved in 1994.When youthink of "fibre channel," you probably think about...
- Technical articles 2006-02-09
- An iSCSI primer
- ISCI SANs may be the future..but Fibre channel rules now!Good description of the features of ISCI SANs..but in my experience, Fortune 100 corporations are just completing their large scale move to Fibre Channel technologies, and so it will be a long time until ISCI becomes a standard in corporate data...
- Discussion threads 2005-12-22
- Foundations of Network Storage, Lesson Three: Fibre channel and iSCSI
- How would you improve this TechRepublic e-mail course?Improve the organization of the materialThis course really has a lot of potential. Mostly in the area of putting the jargon on the table. What would be really helpful is better organization of the content along the lines of "What is it?, Why...
- Discussion threads 2005-08-24
- Foundations of Network Storage, Lesson One: SAN
- Foundations ofNetwork Storage: Lesson 1 of 5.In this lesson, we'llexplore the storage area network SAN. Topics include how to decide if a SANis best for your organization, your choices regarding SANs, and the tools you need to support a SAN.A Storage Area Network is the most expensive storage option available,as...
- Technical articles 2005-08-22
- Foundations of Network Storage, Lesson Three: Fibre channel and iSCSI
- Foundations ofNetwork Storage: Lesson 3 of 5.In this lesson, wewill explore Fibre Channel and iSCSI. Topics include how to decide which is thebest option for your organization, the advantages and disadvantages of bot, andwhat you need to know to support the technologies.SAN options: Fibre channel and iSCSIThere are two methods...
- Technical articles 2005-08-22
- Take advantage of Microsoft's free iSCSI Software Initiator package
- Microsoft supports iSCSI SANs through its free iSCSI Software Initiator package. Find out more about this free offering. If your IT shop is part of a small or midsize organization and you're currently evaluating your options for a storage area network SAN, the price tag...
- Technical articles 2005-07-07
- Planning storage solutions that grow with your business
- Choosing the right storage solution for your growing business isn't a "no brainer." You have more choices than ever, and scalability and performance must be weighed against ease of use and the ever-present budget considerations. Here's how planning now can save you money in the long run. I recently...
- Technical articles 2005-04-26
- iSCSI vendor selection process
- TechRepublic's free Storage NetNote newsletter is designed to help you manage the critical data in your enterprise. Automatically sign up today!In my last article, I talkeda little about the decision-making process that I and my team went throughbefore settling on an iSCSI-based storagearea network vs. the tried-and-true fibre channel approach....
- Technical articles 2005-04-05
- Choosing iSCSI over fibre channel: Deciding factors
- For the last 10 months, I've worked as the IT Director for Elmira College,a small liberal-arts college located in Elmira, NY, in the midst of the Finger Lakes.One of the areas that immediately caught my eye was the storage situation inour data center. With 35 servers, we have no central...
- Technical articles 2005-03-15
- Choosing iSCSI over fibre channel: Deciding factors
- Choosing iSCSI over fibre channel: Deciding factorsarticle rootChoosing iSCSI over fibre channel: Deciding factorshttp://www.mcdata.com/products/hardware/iswitch/index.htmlhttp://www.emc.com/products/systems/clariion/ax100/index.jspA good ideaI'd recommende IP Storage Router from McData see first URLand EMC AX100i second URLSlavaISCSI Vs Fibre ChannelIf the enterprise can live with bandwidths allowed by GigE and TCP/IP, ISCSI's moderate performance and low price are...
- Discussion threads 2005-03-16
- The skinny on Fibre Channel
- Although Fibre Channel has been around for a while, it’s just now starting to be accepted within the enterprise. As such, there are still many IT pros who don’t understand Fibre Channel. In this article, I’ll introduce you to Fibre Channel technology and discuss some of the pros and cons...
- Technical articles 2003-01-13
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