A rapidly growing number of storage protocols and interfaces are helping storage networking technology avoid data center bottlenecks. Storage networking technology is changing, and speed is the name of the game. The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) offers a public roadmap that provides information on new speeds, guidance in cable and connector selection ... [...]
Representing the world’s fastest industry standard networking protocol, Gen6 Fibre Channel provides datacenters with greater consistency, predictability and performance MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 27, 2016 – Demonstrating the continued innovation of the Fibre Channel (FC) standard and reinforcing its status as the industry’s reliable and robust storage networking protocol, the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) today announced [...]
Scott Kipp, director of Engineering, Brocade and Chair of the Fibre Channel and Ethernet Roadmap subcommittees presented at the FCIA "Beer and Pizza" night April 5, 2016. The crowd had fun matching up industry milestones with the timing of pop music releases. What popular boy band hit it big in 2000, the same year Fibre [...]
Cabling Storage Area Networks by Scott G. Kipp, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. April 2016 This paper discusses Fibre Channel links from 1 Gigabit Fibre Channel (1GFC) to 128GFC. From insertion loss estimates to link lengths, this paper gives a good overview of fiber optic cabling in storage area networks. Fibre Channel standards define [...]
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2015 milestones include the continued development of Gen 6 Fibre Channel, the world’s fastest storage networking, with commercial products expected in 2016 LAS VEGAS, STORAGE VISIONS, January 5, 2016 — Coinciding with the sixteenth annual Storage Visions Conference at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) today announced the release [...]
Scott Kipp is the Principal Hardware Engineer for Brocade. The heart and soul of any technology, and the industry association that stewards the technology, is its technology roadmap. Just like the term suggests, a roadmap tells the story of a technology. It is a guide to where it has been, where it is , [...]
Storage Area Networking is a term used to describe one of the most popular uses of Fibre Channel. While the benefits of SAN have been long apparent, it was only with the advent of Fibre Channel that massive adoption of open SAN topology became feasible. Storage networking involves amassing large volumes of data and distributing [...]
2014 milestones including the announcement of Gen 6 Fibre Channel demonstrate why enterprises continue to invest in Fibre Channel to power their most mission- and business-critical environments SAN FRANCISCO - December 8, 2014 -- The Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), a non-profit international organization of manufacturers, systems integrators and vendors, today announced it has elected [...]
