Data Center Network Devices & Interconnect Technologies
Brian Garrett, vice-president covering server, storage, data management and security at the Enterprise Strategy Group’s ESG Lab, said the FCoE integration aims to provide a path forward for IT shops that have already placed a “big bet” on fibre channel storage.
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Some random thoughts on some coming wars.
IBM–has been too quiet during the downturn economically but now seems intent on changing that. They are diligently working to develop messaging that works–to tell the world what they are and what they want to be. They do great at high-end ...
There is an interesting debate happening in the networking industry that centers around branch office equipment. ESG Research points out that branch office servers and applications are moving to the data center and this move is driving more investment in WAN optimization technologies from Blue Coat, Cisco, ...
Published on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010 at 9:27 am | No Comments »
Authors: Bob Laliberte | Tony Palmer |
Introduction
This report documents ESG Lab hands-on testing of HP-branded Emulex Universal Converged Network Adapters (UCNAs) and explores how a converged infrastructure can enable users to realign traditional technology silos into adaptive pools that can be shared, optimized, and managed as a service.
Background
Organizations are in the process of transforming their data ...
Authors: Bob Laliberte | Tony Palmer |
This ESG Lab review documents hands-on testing of the Cisco MDS 9148 8-Gbps Multilayer Fabric Switch with a focus on scalability, flexibility and cost-efficiency.
The Challenges
Faced with exploding data growth and increasing demands thanks to server consolidation and virtualization as well as a need to better protect and manage shared information ...
FCoE has been on a fast track since its inception, going from concept to alpha, beta and now 2nd generation technology in a couple short years. This rapid evolution, while notable, and even impressive, is not enough to justify deploying a new technology. For enterprise data centers, the ...
"If I look five years out, there's still going to be Fibre Channel in data centers. People have millions and millions of dollars invested in that infrastructure," said Bob Laliberte, a senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group.
via Fibre Channel switch port shipments expected to spike after 2009 drop, then decline ...
QLogic has expanded its OEM HP relationship to include stackable FC switches that are fully integrated with HP Simple SAN Connection Manager (SSCM). Combined with HP Servers and Storage, HP can now offer highly available, rapidly scalable end-to-end 8 Gb FC SAN solutions to support physical or virtualized server environments. ...
QLogic has expanded its OEM relationship with HP to include stackable FC switches that are fully integrated with HP Simple SAN Connection Manager. Combine that with HP servers and storage, and HP can now offer highly available, rapidly scalable, end-to-end 8 Gb FC SAN solutions to support physical or virtualized ...
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