Comments on: QLogic “scoops” Emulex with 8 Gbps FC announcement http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/qlogic-scoops-emulex-with-8-gbps-fc-announcement/ A SearchStorage.com blog. Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:06:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jesse http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/qlogic-scoops-emulex-with-8-gbps-fc-announcement/#comment-6770 Jesse Thu, 20 Sep 2007 01:20:53 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/08/08/qlogic-scoops-emulex-with-8-gbps-fc-announcement/#comment-6770 The main reason the HBA vendors get the speed out early is to catch the early adopters.... In this case QLogic has more to benefit, as they are also (I've heard) a switch vendor. If they can create the market for the higher speeds then beat Broc-Data or Cisco to the punch with the switches, they may actually pull off a major coup.... Which will be put down as soon as Cisco even mentions 8gbit in a press release. The main reason the HBA vendors get the speed out early is to catch the early adopters…. In this case QLogic has more to benefit, as they are also (I’ve heard) a switch vendor. If they can create the market for the higher speeds then beat Broc-Data or Cisco to the punch with the switches, they may actually pull off a major coup….

Which will be put down as soon as Cisco even mentions 8gbit in a press release.

]]> By: Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/qlogic-scoops-emulex-with-8-gbps-fc-announcement/#comment-6769 Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:54:30 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/08/08/qlogic-scoops-emulex-with-8-gbps-fc-announcement/#comment-6769 <strong>Emulex and QLogic Learn to Speak Klingon!</strong> Well, not exactly Klingon, but both Host Bus Adapter powerhouses chose today to announce 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs. This would be somewhat more exciting if there was any device these high-speed adapters could speak to. But switches, arrays, and drive... <strong>Emulex and QLogic Learn to Speak Klingon!</strong>

Well, not exactly Klingon, but both Host Bus Adapter powerhouses chose today to announce 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel HBAs. This would be somewhat more exciting if there was any device these high-speed adapters could speak to. But switches, arrays, and drive…

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