Brocade SAN Management Technology Integrated Into New EMC ViPR Software-Defined Storage to Enable Immediate Virtualization Functionality for 50,000 Joint EMC/Brocade SAN Customers LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - May 6, 2013) - EMC World -- Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD), the leader in fabric networking solutions, today announced its Gen 5 Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN) solutions are [...]
QLogic FlexSuite Technology Enables Fujitsu to Accelerate Development and Time-to-Market ALISO VIEJO, Calif., March 26, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QLogic (Nasdaq:QLGC), the market share leader in Fibre Channel adapters, today announced that its FlexSuite™ technology has been embedded and is now shipping in Fujitsu ETERNUS disk storage systems. QLogic® FlexSuite technology enables Fujitsu to [...]
Also Expands Gen 5 Fibre Channel Portfolio With Industry's Highest-Density Fixed Port SAN Switch and Enhanced Management Software; Announces Plans for Gen 6 Fibre Channel Technology Supporting the Next-Generation Standard SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - Mar 25, 2013) - Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD), the leader in fabric-based data center networking solutions, today announced Brocade® Fabric Vision™ technology, [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Nov. 20, 2012 - The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), a non-profit international organization of manufacturers, systems integrators and vendors, today announced the completion of the third 16 Gb Fibre Channel Plugfest and the ninth FCoE Plugfest, which was held during the week of Oct. 8th, 2012 at the University [...]
San Francisco, California - October 12th, 2012 — The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), a non-profit international organization of manufacturers, systems integrators and vendors today announced its newly elected Board of Directors for 2012/2013. Fibre Channel technology is the data center standard for storage area networks and enterprise storage, with more than 80 percent [...]
This year, Fibre Channel has achieved a significant milestone. FCIA has termed it 10-10-10 for 10 million Fibre Channel ports shipped, $10B invested in Fibre Channel technology and 10 Exabytes (EB) of storage shipped . In 2012, 10M Fibre Channel ports are expected to ship when you combine adapter and switch ports[1], not even counting [...]
In this section, the term "software" refers to drivers and utilities, diagnostics, storage and network management software, and integrated code such as firmware and ASIC state machine integration of software functionality such as CPU and protocol offload engines. While hardware physically connects the fabric, firmware manages and monitors the fabric. The fabric is divided into [...]
Fibre Channel hardware interconnects storage devices with servers and forms the Fibre Channel fabric. The fabric consists of the physical layer, interconnect devices, and translation devices. The physical layer consists of copper and fiber-optic cables that carry Fibre Channel signals between transceiver pairs. Interconnect devices, such as hubs, switches, and directors, route Fibre Channel [...]
Advanced-Level Case Studies (Old Generation) Large corporations, government institutions, and service providers require highly scalable storage that spans large areas and are highly available. Fibre Channel offers solutions for high-end SANs that meet regulatory requirements for off-site storage and disaster recovery. Typical applications of advanced SANs include banking, insurance, online transaction processing (OLTP), and service [...]
The benefits of SANs are most apparent in real-world applications. Entry-level SANS typically result when a company moves directly attached SCSI storage to storage pools connected by Fibre Channel. When the basic Fibre Channel infrastructure is in place, the performance of the storage network increases while management costs decrease. Entry-level Fibre Channel SAN solutions are [...]
