SANs provide high-speed access to distributed storage via Fibre Channel (FC) technology. However, critics have said Clariion's inability to go after the mainframe market but concentrate on mainly NT, will hand companies like EMC, Hitachi and IBM an...
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), the Fibre Channel Association and the FibreAlliance were all involved in the search for common ground. March's highlights included Intel's announcement of Network Attached Storage (NAS) offerings...
It uses a 2-gigabit Fibre Channel connection to send and receive data. So far, Dell has done the best with network-attached storage, which is less specialized, less expensive and fits better with the company's business model, Webster said.
NetApp's initial goal, though, is not to replace Fibre Channel, but rather to offer a cheaper way for companies that still rely on direct-attached storage to move to a networked model. The Fibre Channel communications standard is faster but...
The changes we are seeing now are primarily the culmination of the move to digital transmission and the deployment of fibre-based networks. The combination of digital signals and optical fibre made long-distance communications far easier and...
StoreVault S500 is also designed to scale up to Fibre Channel without requiring a separate network storage system. The device supports both network attached storage and storage area networks that use internet small computer system interfaces.