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Show 17 – Big Hot and Heavy Switches – Part 2

Aug 22nd, 2010 | By Greg Ferro | Category: Favorites, Networking

A detailed look at the Big, Hot and Heavy Ethernet Switches with a large crew to talk about their practical experiences on design, selection and performance of Cisco Nexus switches. The result ? We don’t think the Nexus switches are very exciting. Due to people commitments we recorded a double length show which will be released in two parts. This is Part 2 and Part 1 was released next weekend.



Show 16 – Big Hot and Heavy Switches – Part 1

Aug 15th, 2010 | By Greg Ferro | Category: Favorites, Networking

A detailed look at the Big, Hot and Heavy Ethernet Switches with a large crew to talk about their practical experiences on design, selection and performance of Cisco Nexus switches. The result ? We don’t think the Nexus switches are very exciting, HP Flex10 modules are a problem, and so much more.



FCoE Symbolism

Apr 28th, 2010 | By Stephen Foskett | Category: Storage

Visitors to the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) booth at Storage Networking World in Orlando were greeted by a strange symbol, but what is the symbol exactly? I was amused to get some puzzled looks (and no correct answers) when I polled a number of industry insiders.



Brocade – What’s Their Direction?

Apr 25th, 2010 | By Greg Ferro | Category: Networking

I haven’t got any idea what Brocade is going to do next. Why would I buy their products when I can’t see the future?



1000Base-What?

Apr 21st, 2010 | By Stephen Foskett | Category: Networking, Server Virtualization, Storage

Networking may be straightforward, but the world of networking terminology is not. I’ve been steeped in the strange lingo of Ethernet for many years, but I still get confused by some of the terms. What’s the difference between 1000BASE-CX, 1000BASE-SX, and 1000BASE-T? In this post, I’m going to tackle this Ethernet network naming convention.



How Did Microsoft and Intel Get 1 Million iSCSI IOPS?

Mar 23rd, 2010 | By Stephen Foskett | Category: Server Virtualization, Storage

Ever since Microsoft and Intel declared that the combination of Windows and Nehalem could deliver over a million iSCSI IOPS, I’ve been curious about just how they did it. What black magic could push that many I/Os over a single Ethernet connection? And what was on the other end? Now Intel has revealed all in a whitepaper, and the results are surprising!



Is this the year of 10 Gigabit Ethernet in the LAN?

Jan 7th, 2010 | By Greg Ferro | Category: Featured, Networking

A number of switch vendors have announced the 10Gb Ethernet is the THING for 2010. Really?