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

I recently attended Cisco Live in San Diego last week and wanted to share some of my impressions of the show. First of all, the weather was a disappointment. I’m a native Californian (the northern state of course) and I was looking forward to some sweet weather instead of the cool overcast climate. It’s been …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

Are you considering deploying an iSCSI storage network, and would like to learn some of the best practices of configuring the environment, from host to storage? Well, now you can learn from an expert. The SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum will be sponsoring a live webcast with our guest speaker, Dennis Martin from Demartek. Dennis will …Read More

by: Gary Gumanow Last Wednesday (2/24/11), I hosted an Ethernet Storage Forum iSCSI SIG webinar with representatives from Emulex and NetApp to discuss the benefits of iSCSI storage networks in SQL application environments. You can catch a recording of the webcast on BrightTalk here. The webinar was well attended, and while we received so many …Read More

iSCSI is no longer just a small business storage solution. Learn how iSCSI performs in business critical environments, such as SQL by experts from NetApp and Emulex.

Last week a friend and I were talking about our children and the conversation turned to affordable options for college. It turns out my friend’s daughter is doing very well in school and eager to study agriculture, but is applying to only a couple state universities. I suggested that she should keep her options open …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