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Standards >
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ALSO CALLED:
Fiber Channel,
Fibre
DEFINITION: Fibre Channel is a technology for transmitting data between computer devices at data rates of up to 4 Gbps (and 10 Gbps in the near future). Fibre Channel is especially suited for connecting computer servers to shared storage devices and for interconnecting storage controllers and drives. Since Fibre Channel is three times as fast, it has begun to replace the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)
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Sun Microsystems Flash Analyzer
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The Sun Flash Analyzer and Sun StorageTek Workload Analysis Tool (Swat), are open systems host-based, storage-centric Java applications that thoroughly capture, summarize, and analyze storage workloads for Solaris, Windows and Linux environments.
Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Published: 09 Nov 2009
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Sun StorageTek Workload Analysis Tool 3.02 and Sun Flash Analyzer General Availability
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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The Sun Flash Analyzer and Sun StorageTek Workload Analysis Tool (Swat), are open systems host-based, storage-centric Java applications that thoroughly capture, summarize, and analyze storage workloads for Solaris, Windows and Linux environments.
Posted: 29 Oct 2009 | Published: 29 Oct 2009
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TSM 6 Launchpad Demo
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This demonstration menu for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager includes an overview, expert videos, product demonstrations, and additional resources. See how this end-to-end data recovery management solution can benefit your organization.
Posted: 12 Nov 2009 | Published: 12 Nov 2009
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FIBRE CHANNEL DEFINITION (continued): … as the transmission interface between servers and clustered storage devices. Fibre channel is more flexible; devices can be as far as ten kilometers (about six miles) apart if optical fiber is used as the physical medium. Optical fiber is not required for shorter distances, however, because Fibre Channel also works using coaxial cable and ordinary telephone twisted pair.Fibre Channel offers point-to-point, switched, and loop interfaces. It is designed to interoperate with SCSI, the Internet Protocol (IP) and other protocols, but has been criticized for its lack of compatibility - primarily … Fibre Channel definition sponsored by SearchStorage.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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