10GBASE-T is a technology that runs 10Gb Ethernet over familiar Category 6/6a cables for distances up to 100m and is terminated by the ubiquitous RJ-45 jack. Till now, most datacenter copper cabling has been special Direct Attach cables for distances up to 7m terminated by an SFP+ connector. To work, data center switches need matching …Read More

Our recent Webcast: 10GbE – Key Trends, Drivers and Predictions was very well received and well attended. We thank everyone who was able to make the live event. For those of you who couldn’t make it, it’s now available on demand. Check it out here. There wasn’t enough time to respond to all of the …Read More

Is 10GbE coming of age? Many of us within the SNIA-ESF think so. We have co-authored a new and objective white paper on the subject, “10GbE – Comes of Age.” You can download it at http://snia.org/sites/default/files/10GbElookto40GbE_Final.pdf In this paper we dive deep into why we believe 2012 is the year for wide 10GbE adoption. There …Read More

The SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF) will be presenting a live Webcast on 10GbE on Thursday, July 19th. Together with my SNIA colleagues, David Fair and Gary Gumanow, we’ll be discussing the technical and economic justifications that will likely make 2012 the “breakout year” for 10GbE. We’ll cover the disruptive technologies moving this protocol forward …Read More

As the migration to 10Gb Ethernet moves forward, many data centers are looking to converge network and storage I/O to fully utilize a ten-fold increase in bandwidth. Industry discussions continue regarding the merits of 10GbE iSCSI and FCoE. Some of the key benefits of both protocols were presented in an iSCSI SIG webcast that included …Read More

Ethernet networks offer a number of advantages for storage applications. Given the rapid growth of server virtualization, using a highly flexible and mobile network for storage is needed. IP storage protocols offer advantages for today’s and tomorrow’s data centers.

The inexorable growth of the market for Ethernet storage continued in the first half of 2010 - in fact we’re getting very close to Ethernet storage being the majority of networked storage in the Enterprise. According to IDC’s recent Q2 2010 Worldwide Storage Systems Hardware Tracker, Ethernet Storage (NAS plus iSCSI) revenue market share climbed …Read More

The inexorable growth of the market for Ethernet storage continued in the first half of 2010 - in fact we’re getting very close to Ethernet storage being the majority of networked storage in the Enterprise. According to IDC’s recent Q2 2010 Worldwide Storage Systems Hardware Tracker, Ethernet Storage (NAS plus iSCSI) revenue market share climbed …Read More

Earlier this month IDC released their Q1 2010 Worldwide Storage Systems Hardware Tracker, a well-established analysis of revenue and capacity shipments for the quarter. For the purposes of classification, IDC calls networked storage (as opposed to direct-attached storage) “Fabric Attached Storage” - which consists of Fibre Channel SAN, iSCSI SAN and NAS. In Q1, Ethernet …Read More

The podcast about FCoE and iSCSI that I mentioned in my last blog is now posted on Storage Monkeys. Check it out. Clearly, we were having way too much fun! Tags: iSCSI, FCoE, Ethernet, convergence