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

IT as a Service (ITaaS), or cloud services (clouds), was one of the “buzz” topics at SNW this Spring. And industry groups, such as SNIA’s Cloud Storage Initiative, are beginning to address the standards, policies, and marketing messages that help define what is ITaaS or clouds. Whatever the definition, “cloud” technologies appear ahead of attempts …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

Despite the recession of the past couple of years, the market for Ethernet Storage has shown grown significantly both in terms of equipment shipped and in terms of market share. Last week’s release by IDC of their Q42009 Worldwide Storage Systems Hardware Tracker, gave us an opportunity to see the latest numbers. For the purposes …Read More

I spent the past few days wondering what my first post for SNIA on Ethernet Storage should be about, and finally arrived at this - despite the fact that it’s old news… A couple of months ago Ben Hacker posted a great blog on The Server Room section of Intel’s communities site, talking about Intel …Read More