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FCoE isn’t a replacement for Infiniband, it’s a cheaper copy that customers will buy

Dec 7th, 2009 | By Greg Ferro | Category: All, Networking

There is some misconception by many in the storage industry that FCoE is some type of replacement for Infiniband. My view is that FCoE is cheaper, dumber but MARKETABLE alternative.



Understanding NPIV and NPV

Nov 27th, 2009 | By Scott Lowe | Category: Networking, Server Virtualization, Storage

NPIV and NPV are both related to virtualizing some aspect of Fibre Channel N_Ports, but they are fundamentally different. This article provides some additional information on NPIV and NPV.



Enabling Jumbo Frames on a Nexus 5000

Nov 9th, 2009 | By Scott Lowe | Category: Networking, Server Virtualization

Here’s how to enable jumbo frames under both NX-OS 4.0 and NX-OS 4.1 on a Nexus 5000 series switch.



Cisco, EMC, VMware – living together isn’t the same as married

Nov 6th, 2009 | By Greg Ferro | Category: All, Featured, Networking

A bunch of CEO’s promising to play ‘nice’ with each others toys is not a convincing marketing exercise. Cisco and EMC/VMware need to merge to get big enough to compete with HP / IBM.



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