Tony Bourke comments at The Data Center Overlords:
In case you haven’t heard, Brocade is rebranding their 16 Gbit Fibre Channel offerings as Generation 5 Fibre Channel. Upcoming 32 Gbit Fibre Channel will also be called “Gen 6 Fibre Channel”. Seriously.
Cisco’s J Metz responded, and then Brocade responded to that. And a full-on storage smack-down started.
And you thought storage was boring.
Read more at: Fibre Channel: Generations
Stephen Foskett is an active participant in the world of enterprise information technology, currently focusing on enterprise storage, server virtualization, networking, and cloud computing. He organizes the popular Tech Field Day event series for Gestalt IT and runs Foskett Services. A long-time voice in the storage industry, Stephen has authored numerous articles for industry publications, and is a popular presenter at industry events. He can be found online at TechFieldDay.com, blog.FoskettS.net, and on Twitter at @SFoskett.
