We have a RAID array connected to a file server through a Fibre Channel switch. We want to add a second server. Can we just plug the new server into the Fibre Channel switch and share the RAID storage ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. — As part of a measured push into storage networking, PMC-Sierra Inc. rolled out Monday (April 14) two parts it expects will bring new management capabilities to low-end Fibre ...

Storage networking hardware includes three basic components: host adapters, storage targets and switch interconnects. In traditional SANs, these basic building blocks have been based on Fibre Channel ...

MANHASSET, N.Y. — Silicon Graphics unveiled its SGI Infinite Storage TP9700 RAID storage array Tuesday (Feb. 8), claiming it is the industry's first Fibre Channel storage array equipped with a 4-Gb/s ...

Hitachi Data Systems Corp. today will announce plans to mix Fibre Channel and Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) disk drives in its midrange arrays — another vendor in an emerging trend to ...

Each module, available for EMC's Clariion CX400 and CX600 arrays, holds up to 15 250-Gbyte ATA hard drives. The modules can be mixed and matched with Fibre Channel drive modules, making Clariions the ...

In 2013 Fibre Channel achieved several significant milestones. Approximately 11M (10.97M) Fibre Channel ports shipped when you combine adapter and switch ports 1, not even counting target ports on ...

HP this week is unveiling new hybrid hard drives that combine Fibre Channel and ATA technologies. Dubbed Fibre Attached Technology Adapted, or FATA, the new drives are aimed at dropping the cost of ...

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A high-speed transport technology used to build storage area networks (SANs). Although Fibre Channel can be used as a general-purpose network carrying ATM, IP and other protocols, it has been ...

In this article, I will present information about the (current) Grand Poobah of magnetic storage: fibre channel. The specification for fibre channel was ANSI-approved in 1994. When you think of "fibre ...

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