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View ArticleThe First Practical Use Case for FCoE
Ever since FCoE was first announced with much fanfare a few years ago at the spring Storage Networking World 2008, it has always struck me as a technology looking for a problem to solve. Now nearly...
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This year's spring Storage Networking World (SNW) 2012 show was unlike any other that I had attended in the past. While I had good conversations with the folks from FalconStor, HP, QLogic, Spectra...
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View ArticleFibre Channel over Ethernet (Part 1 of 3)
When I received the assignment to review the FCoE specification and compare it to iFCP, FCIP and iSCSI (block protocols over data networks) I was thinking it might be boring, I was very wrong. After...
View ArticleFibre Channel over Ethernet (Part 2 of 3)
Last month I did some research and evaluation of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). In my Part 1 of 3 I shared some elements that can encourage the use of FCoE in the data center. During my research...
View ArticleCisco, Emulex, Qlogic, etc Announce 10 Gbps FCoE While Mellanox says “We...
Xiotech made the first "earthshaking" announcements of the day at 7:00 am which mostly had those I spoke to shaking their heads trying to figure out what the announcement meant. The announcement...
View ArticleIs FCoE a Diabolical Plot?; Musings on SNW’s Day 2 FCoE Announcements
I initially intended to share in this blog posting what I learned from my briefings on Day 3 of SNW. However I've had some more time to digest the news surrounding the FCoE announcements at SNW on...
View ArticleHifn Inc Misses Briefing; Symantec’s SNW User Surveys Reveal Virtual...
I apologize to those of you who expected this SNW recap last Thursday or Friday. Wednesday ending up being busier than I expected and anyone who was flying last week knows about the challenges...
View ArticleHighlights from the Spring SNW 2009 Virtualization Summit; “Our Electric Bill...
You can't talk about storage these days without including virtualization somewhere in the conversation. The Spring 2009 SNW was no different as one of its Summits was devoted to virtualization. The...
View ArticleEMC is Looking Up and Finding Itself in the Shadow of NetApp’s Cloud
It has been rumored that EMC's CEO Joe Tucci has said that EMC's biggest threat comes not from Dell, HDS, HP or IBM but NetApp. It is for that reason that EMC has been looking over its shoulder for...
View ArticleThe First Practical Use Case for FCoE
Ever since FCoE was first announced with much fanfare a few years ago at the spring Storage Networking World 2008, it has always struck me as a technology looking for a problem to solve. Now nearly...
View ArticleFinal (and Somewhat Random) Thoughts from the Spring SNW 2012
This year's spring Storage Networking World (SNW) 2012 show was unlike any other that I had attended in the past. While I had good conversations with the folks from FalconStor, HP, QLogic, Spectra...
View ArticleFibre Channel over Ethernet (Part 1 of 3)
When I received the assignment to review the FCoE specification and compare it to iFCP, FCIP and iSCSI (block protocols over data networks) I was thinking it might be boring, I was very wrong. After...
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