Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel HBAs initiator or target mode for netapp

How can you tell if the fibre channel hbas are in initiator or target mode in a NettApp SAN? Software/Hardware used: Netapp SAN, HBA

Fibre Channel or ISCSI for SAN

We have a SAN that is mission critical to the business. Performance and availabilty are key. I have read that I should lean towards fibre channel for this versus ISCSI but was curious if anyone has seen a noticable difference. Software/Hardware used: Fibre Channel, SAN, ISCSI

Fibre Channel cables - are they all the same?

Looking to purchase some fibre channel cables and was curious about what people think about each brand and if they have noticed any difference with the lower priced brand? Looking at SC-SC and LC-LC Software/Hardware used: Fibre Channel Cables

FCoE investment: worth the upgrade or holding off?

Do you use mostly traditional Fibre Channel or FCoE devices in your organization, or a balance of both? What are the contributing factors? What would be the tipping point that would cause you to switch from using mostly one type over to the other? Also see: Will 2011 be the year of Fibre Channel...

Would you go with iSCSI or Fibre Channel for mass storage in this case?

Is there any TPS benchmarking available in deciding whether to go for Fibre channel or iSCSI? We are using Oracle database which requires a Terabyte of storage and will be operating at the 1000TPS at peak level. In this case - should we go for iSCSI or Fibre Channel as the mass storage device?...

How can I use fibre channel hard disk in SATA or IDE port

how can I use fibler channle hard disk in sata or IDE port

XenServer on Hitachi BladeSymphony 320

I have installed XenServer on a blade inside a Hitachi BladeSymphony 320. The issue i have is that it doesnt recognize the FC HBA Any suggestions

Need SAN upgrade suggestions

Need to upgrade our SAN due to performance limitations of the HP MSA2000 using fibre channel to connect to our xen servers Any suggestions on products and your experiences Thanks

Adding an additonal Fibre channel card on XServe G5

I have tape library that connects via fibre channel. When I set up the tape library, I've connected it to an open port on a QLogic fibre channel switch that had an XServer G5 and seven RAIDS. The tape library is running into speed and connection issues when the RAIDs are being hit with a lot ...

NetApp drive replacement warranty contract vs not

So I have taken a job where the entire network is falling apart and I have a couple NetApp filers. The FAS 3020 is still under contract and working fine with 7.0.4. It uses Seagate ST3146807FC FC-AL 10.6k 146GB fibre disks. The F840 however has a couple broken disks that need to be replaced and...

Throughput calculator for all the SAN subsystem?

I was searching for a long time for a simple tool which can tell us the controller throughput of any SAN environment. Its necessary for every Storage engineer to have this utility to cross verify the subsystem we buy. Ofcourse the vendor will have the tool or LAB benchmark for the same. But those...

Any common tool for measuring controller throughput?

I was searching for a long time for a simple tool which can tell us the controller throughput of any SAN environment. Its necessary for every Storage engineer to have this utility to cross verify the subsystem we buy. Ofcourse the vendor will have the tool or LAB benchmark for the same. But those...

Fibre Channel Card Drivers to access SCSI layer

Are there comercially available Fibre Channel Cards with drivers that allow direct access to the low level SCSI commands on a disk?

How many of you are considering FCoE as a transition from Fibre Channel to Ethernet?

How many of you are considering FCoE as a transition from Fibre Channel to Ethernet?

Do 10Gbit iSCSI and 8Gbit FC change how you think about your strategy for managing your data in the future?

Do 10Gbit iSCSI and 8Gbit FC change how you think about this and your strategy for managing your data in the future?

Are you using both Fibre Channel and iSCSI in your storage environment?

The Storage Experts from Dell are interested in knowing you thoughts on this question: Are you using both Fibre Channel and iSCSI in your storage environment, or do you favor one over the other? If you have questions for the Storage Experts from Dell read this blog post on how to start the...

Reverse FC/iSCSI Gateway

I have a FC SAN in place and want to purchase an iSCSI array to segregate some data from the rest of the SAN members. I know of a few iSCSI gateways that all iSCSI initiators to talk to a FC target. I want to do the opposite...FC initiators to an iSCSI target. Does anyone know of a gateway type...

SAN fiber channel interconnect

Could someone describe the materials required for a fiber channel interconnect for a backbone network. I assume it is a switch, fiber patch "cables" and pci cards for server. Could someone give me information and/or a reference to vendors.

EMC Clariion CX700 Problems - Data Sector Invalidated

Hello, I have two EMC Clariion CX700's (which, for convenience we call CX700-1 and CX700-2) and one recently added CX3-40 in my SAN environment using fiber-switch fabric. Over the weekend, I experienced a hardware failure on SPA on CX700-1. After having it replaced by my vendor's technician and...

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