As more storage traffic traverses the network, the risk of congestion leading to higher-than-expected latencies and lower-than expected throughput has become common. That’s why the SNIA Networking Storage Forum (NSF) hosted a live webcast earlier this month, Introduction to Incast, Head of Line Blocking, and Congestion Management. In this webcast (which is now available on-demand), …Read More

Last month, the SNIA Networking Storage Forum (NSF) hosted a webcast on how increases in networking speeds are impacting storage. If you missed the live webcast, New Landscape of Network Speeds, it’s now available on-demand. We received several interesting questions on this topic. Here are our experts’ answers: Q. What are the cable distances for …Read More

For a long time, the architecture and best practices of storage networks have been relatively well-understood. Recently, however, advanced capabilities have been added to storage that could have broader impacts on networks than we think. The three main storage network transports - Fibre Channel, Ethernet, and InfiniBand – all have mechanisms to handle increased traffic, …Read More