Comments on: Point-counterpoint on FCoE http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/point-counterpoint-on-fcoe/ A SearchStorage.com blog. Tue, 14 May 2013 18:21:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chris M Evans http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/point-counterpoint-on-fcoe/#comment-6719 Chris M Evans Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:48:14 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/04/12/point-counterpoint-on-fcoe/#comment-6719 I think FCoE offers another option for providing SAN connectivity at a lower cost. The issue will be whether having a range of protocols (now including FC, iSCSI, AoE and FCoE) will simply confuse the market as customers struggle to understand how they all fit together. Most important to me would be how we trade off cost and reliability.

]]> By: Tony Asaro http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/point-counterpoint-on-fcoe/#comment-6720 Tony Asaro Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:16:25 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/04/12/point-counterpoint-on-fcoe/#comment-6720 Between two extreme views – the truth can be found in between. Look – the goal of FCoE is to run a very popular protocol (FC) over Ethernet infrastructure. It doesn’t replace iSCSI and it isn’t a conspiracy. Do the FC vendors want to make money? Surprise, surprise. None of us is trying to cure world hunger. For anyone interested, here is my take on FCoE:

http://esgblogs.typepad.com/stor_wars/2007/04/fcoe_quick_take.html

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