Does dedicated iSCSI infrastructure make sense?

Chris Marget recently asked a really interesting question: I've encountered an environment where the iSCSI networks are built just like...

The Saga of Oversubscriptions

Matt Thompson provided a really good answer to the “ what’s acceptable oversubscription ratio in a ToR switch ” when he wrote “ I’m expecti...

Brocade VCS Fabric

Just prior to Networking Field Day , the merry band of geeks sat down with Chip Copper, Brocade’s Solutioneer (a job title almost as good as...

Looking into Data Center Storage Protocols mysteries

Should you use FC, FCoE or iSCSI when deploying new gear in your existing data center? What about Greenfield deployments? What are the decis...

FCoE and LAG – industry-wide violation of FC-BB-5?

Anyone serious about high-availability connects servers to the network with more than one uplink, more so when using converged network adapt...