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Nexus 5600 Switches: Flexible, Reliable and widely adopted
Nexus 5600 Switches: Flexible, Reliable and widely adopted
Recent trends like big data, BYOD, video and Internet of Things are putting more pressure on over all data center design.   Enterprise architects are
Oct. 15, 2014
Balancing the MDS Scales in Your Favor
Balancing the MDS Scales in Your Favor
One of the main themes I’ve been running into a lot lately is the sense of scale. For a while the term actually lost much of its meaning because it has
Aug. 4, 2014
Load Balancing with Dynamic FCoE
Load Balancing with Dynamic FCoE
Learn how load balancing and recovery works in a Dynamic FCoE situation.
July 8, 2014
Cisco Live US 2014 : Looking Forward to Great Sessions on Storage Networking (FC and FCoE)
Cisco Live US 2014 : Looking Forward to Great Sessions on Storage Networking (FC and FCoE)
Cisco Live 2014 is fast approaching in few weeks from now. This is an important year for Cisco Live as well as Fibre Channel (FC) along with Fibre Channel
April 23, 2014
Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Switch, General Availability:Order Today!
Cisco MDS 9250i Multiservice Switch, General Availability:Order Today!
Cisco launched MDS 9250i Multiservice Switch, the Next Gen storage services platform in 2013 and today we are announcing the general availability of MDS...
Feb. 7, 2014
How to get more SAN mileage out of UCS FI?
How to get more SAN mileage out of UCS FI?
Mileage (miles per gallon) is one of the important criteria while buying any automobile and once bought, it is highly desirable to hit the maximum
Oct. 15, 2013
Storage Distance by Protocol, Part IV: Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Storage Distance by Protocol, Part IV: Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
In the past articles we've talked about doing distance extension for SANs, focusing first on building the physical elements that are required, before
Sept. 12, 2013
Storage Distance by Protocol, Part III – Fibre Channel
Storage Distance by Protocol, Part III – Fibre Channel
In Napkin Dialogues fashion, we learn about how Fibre Channel is used in long-distance situations.
Sept. 10, 2013
Storage Distance by Protocol – FC, FCoE, and FCIP, Part I
Storage Distance by Protocol – FC, FCoE, and FCIP, Part I
Understand how distance intersects with the choice of Fibre Channel, FCoE, FCIP, and iSCSI storage protocols.
Sept. 9, 2013
Storage Distance by Protocol, Part II – Physical Layer
Storage Distance by Protocol, Part II – Physical Layer
In the second part of the FibreChannel and FCoE distance series, we learn about how the physical layer is critical for understanding storage distances before we ever get to the protocol.
Sept. 9, 2013
Fibre Channel Standards, Speeds and Feeds, and Generation “X”
Fibre Channel Standards, Speeds and Feeds, and Generation “X”
Okay, I have a confession to make. I've been somewhat amused by Brocade's recent "Gen 5" Fibre Channel campaign. After all, the idea that "we're going to
March 27, 2013
The Napkin Dialogues: Lossless iSCSI
The Napkin Dialogues: Lossless iSCSI
We bring out the napkins again to discuss lossless iSCSI and its design implications
March 2, 2013