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Fibre Channel (FC) SAN offers a high-performance, high-speed switched storage network using dedicated host, switch and storage hardware. Find the latest news and resources on this topic.
IN THIS TOPIC:  NEWS (85) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (86) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (35) , DEFINITIONS (9) , MAGAZINE CONTENT (103)

  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 85
iSCSI storage: Rising profile in enterprise data centers
SearchStorage.com | 07 Feb 2010
SPECIAL REPORT - Learn why iSCSI is infiltrating enterprise data centers, get best practices for using iSCSI with virtual servers and hear from one user who made the switch from NFS to iSCSI.
EMC: No plans to kill Clariion
SearchStorage.com | 05 Feb 2010
ARTICLE - EMC denies widespread speculation in the enterprise data storage industry that it's planning to phase out Clariion SAN systems in favor of Celerra multiprotocol storage.
Cisco consolidates data storage services; launches data migration appliance
SearchStorage.com | 14 Jan 2010
ARTICLE - With an eye on consolidation and storage integrators, Cisco places I/O acceleration, encryption, data erasure and SAN extension on one card and launches data migration appliance.
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 86
iSCSI storage system implemented by University of Alaska Fairbanks
Submitted By: Todd Erickson, News and Features Writer | 09 Feb 2010
FAQ - Learn about one university department's move to an iSCSI storage system from NFS, including problems the department encountered during the switch and how things improved.
Director switch comparison: Brocade DCX Backbone versus Cisco Systems MDS 9500
27 Jan 2010
TIP - Are you looking for director switch for your SAN? We compare the Brocade DCX Backbone and Cisco Systems MDS 9500 offerings in terms of latency, throughput and FCoE support.
Factors to consider when implementing Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
16 Oct 2009
TIP - Learn the differences between implementing Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI, the costs of upgrading to FCoE and more.
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 35
iSCSI SANs in a virtual server environment: Five best practices
Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer | 09 Feb 2010
BEST PRACTICES - Storage experts offer tips on how to maximize iSCSI SAN performance and efficiency in virtual server environments, where the protocol has recently found its biggest audience.
iSCSI SAN finally proves worthy alternative to Fibre Channel SAN for the mainstream
Dave Raffo, Senior News Director | 09 Feb 2010
NEWS ANALYSIS - For years the joke was that iSCSI SAN was perennially 'next year's storage'; but use of the technology is now growing while Fibre Channel SAN sales decline.
8 Gbps Fibre Channel: Price driving adoption of the SAN storage technology
Carol Sliwa, Features Writer | 25 Jan 2010
TUTORIAL - IT organizations can gain benefits from 8 Gbps Fibre Channel and the price differential with 4 Gbps gear is shrinking, but its adoption is slower than with 4 Gbps FC.
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  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 9
storage area network
02 Mar 2004
WORD - A storage area network (SAN) is a high-speed special-purpose network (or subnetwork) that interconnects different kinds of data storage devices with associated data servers on behalf of a larger network of users. Typically, a ...
Fibre Channel
15 May 2003
WORD - Fibre Channel is a technology for transmitting data between computer devices at data rates of up to 4 Gbps (and 10 Gbps in the near future). Fibre Channel is especially suited for connecting computer servers to shared ...
FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)
06 Dec 2007
WORD - FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) is a proposed standard designed to enable Fibre Channel communications to run directly over Ethernet. Thus, FCoE makes it possible to move Fibre Channel traffic across existing high-speed ...
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  MAGAZINE CONTENT (free subscription required): 1 - 3 of 103
Dueling directors
Storage Magazine | 01 Jun 2009
FEATURES - Director-class switches have been used to maintain performance in large storage networks for years, but soon they'll act as the hubs that unify data center networks.
The year of iSCSI storage--finally! (Editorial)
Storage Magazine | 10 Nov 2008
COLUMNS -
Fibre Channel favored for virtual servers: Survey says
Storage Magazine | 10 Nov 2008
TOOLS, TRENDS & ANALYSIS -
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