By Chris Lyon, President, FCIA and Business Development Manager, Americas, Amphenol ICC Fibre Channel has come a long way since it was first approved as an ANSI standard in 1994 to become the trusted and reliable networking solution it is today that delivers the efficiency and speed necessary for storage to be networked and [...]
By Marc Angelinovich, Principal Product Marketing Manager, Broadcom Inc. For decades now, Fibre Channel has been the network of choice for storage when deploying critical applications like ERP to run highly complex and large organizations or financial applications at the largest banks and global stock exchanges. Reliability is the main reason why Fibre Channel [...]
By Rupin Mohan, FCIA Board of Directors and Director R&D, Chief Technologist (SAN), HPE SAN Fabric – Hmm…what is a Fabric? Does calling a Fibre Channel network a SAN Fabric matter? Please continue reading to find out why. When it comes to designing and deploying a storage network, it does. The fact of the [...]
By David J. Rodgers, FCIA Board Member and Sr. Program Manager, Storage Protocol Solutions, Teledyne LeCroy You purchased a new Fibre Channel storage system replete with the best new features and functions including support for your legacy implementation and equipment, and it sets the table for incorporating the new, higher speed connectivity and devices [...]
By Mark Jones, FCIA Board of Directors and Director of Technical Marketing, Broadcom Inc. With 2020 in the rearview mirror, we can see the impact the global pandemic has left on us all and the resulting changes to our everyday lives and the way we work. Even as we bring 2021 to a close, [...]
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By Howard Johnson, FCIA Member, Technology Architect, Broadcom Automation, machine learning, DevOps and digital transformation are all the buzz of the modern IT infrastructure. Heralding advancements in capabilities and appearing seemingly everywhere with the promise of simplifying network operations; but what are these advancements really all about? To get an idea of “how stuff [...]
By Barry Maskas, FCIA member and Senior Technical Staff, HPE In the world of information technology, companies investing in Fibre Channel (FC) SANs must ensure that they use products and product components that work interchangeably with other products from other companies. Having multiple suppliers is often considered essential for business continuity purposes. In other [...]
By Brandon Hoff, FCIA member, Principal Architect, Broadcom The good old days: when we talked about congestion but didn’t really see it in the wild. When we did, it was a big deal. We would sit down with the customer to work out a solution. By we, I mean the storage, server, HBA and [...]
By Craig Carlson, FCIA Board Member; Senior Technologist, Marvell Semiconductor Inc and Rupin Mohan, FCIA Board Member, Director R&D, CTO, HPE Storage Networking When companies invest in a technology, they want to know that they will get a return on their investment for years to come. Fibre Channel has had a very accurate roadmap [...]
