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Last Updated: Dec 17, 2004 
Host-bus adapters (HBAs) hold critical information in your SAN. Despite some rumblings from the ailing Infiniband, HBAs are here to stay for some time -- so you might as well get the most out of them as you can. Our experts have ... >> Your peers are talking about HBAs in the forums. See what they are saying.
NEWS:
>> InfiniBand to offset HBA market, but not anytime soon (SearchStorage) 19 Jun 2002
>> JNI shines up HBAs for Windows (Byte and Switch) 25 Apr 2002
>> Imperial Technology SANaccelerator certified with LSI Logic's HBAs (Enterprise Storage Forum) 23 Apr 2002
>> Compaq goes with Emulex HBA for new storage solutions (Network Storage Forum) 15 Jan 2002
>> McData sells HBA business (SearchStorage) 30 May 2002
>> Quick Takes: HBA bargain hunting (SearchStorage.com) 04 Oct 2002
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>> 1Gbit or 2Gbit HBA
ASK THE EXPERTS :

Hi Chris,

Is it a must that when you have a 1Gbit HBA, your switch has to be a 1Gbit or can it be a 2Gbit?
>> Set HBAs to match SAN management software
TIP :APIs that let you set your host-bus adapter to match your SAN management software.
>> Connecting tape to switch using existing HBAs
ASK THE EXPERTS :Company ABC uses two HBAs from a single UNIX server in a dual path/fail-over configuration to talk to their disk arrays. They ...
>> The power of three HBAs
TIP :Why you should consider using a third HBA to back up your array.
>> Running tape and disk down the same HBAs
ASK THE EXPERTS :

Chris,

I have contracted an integrator to install the following:

  • Brocade 2800 Silkworm ...
>> Installing HBAs
ASK THE EXPERTS :

I'm looking for basic directions for installing HBAs on host systems. Systems are Solaris 8 and Windows NT/2k as well as ...

>> Multiple HBAs
ASK THE EXPERTS :In a fabric, what would be the affect of having multiple HBAs in the same zone?
>> SAN approaches to LUN security
TIP :Different ways to help manage security of data on a SAN.
>> Get your latest firmware here
TIP :Keep up-to-date with the latest patches for security and other problems
>> Failover settings and timeout
ASK THE EXPERTS :In design and implementation, I think that application I/O pause or hang is very important. Even though a redundancy link is ...
>> Looking for a SAN solution for a mixed environment
ASK THE EXPERTS :

We have installed a SAN solution at a university in Sweden based on the IBM FASTt 700. We knew that there wasn't any ...

>> Failover functions without load balancing
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My SAN consists of an EMC SYMM, Connectrix and Emulex LP8000 HBAs and I am looking to see if there is an alternative to ...


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