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Managing unified networking and storage fabric: Who's in charge?
When it comes to managing unified fabric, the jury is out on who's in charge. FCoE switches and adapters have LAN and SAN elements and can be managed by existing network or storage interfaces. But the two teams have very different approaches. Tip
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Testing 10 gigabit Ethernet switch latency: What to look for
Testing 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches means going beyond just speed to examine potential latency. Testing 10 gigabit Ethernet switch latency requires choosing the right switches and testing tools and recreating your track flow in just the right way. Tip
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Unified fabric: Data center bridging and FCoE implementation
IT organizations planning to deploy a unified storage and network fabric through data center bridging and FCoE implementation must consider a host of components, such as adapters, and configuration plans. Tip
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Unified data center fabric primer: FCoE and data center bridging
Unified data center fabrics combine FCoE and data center bridging to enable SAN and LAN traffic to run on the same physical network, simplifying network architecture and resulting in savings. This unified data center fabric primer runs down the basic... Tip
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Data center networks in 2010: Two-tier networks arrive
SearchNetworking.com asked Gartner Research VP Joe Skorupa to predict what 2010 has in store for data center networks. He sees a price war driven by the HP-3Com merger, the rise of two-tiered architecture, and more 10 Gigabit Ethernet adoption. Article
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Search for ET requires upgrade to 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches
In their search for extraterrestrials, the SETI project researchers upgraded from 1 Gigabit Ethernet to Fujitsu's 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches to process the petabyte of radio spectrum data they analyze every day. Article
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Where's the Juniper unified fabric strategy? Still waiting
A unified fabric strategy was notably missing from the Juniper's cloud computing architecture launch last week – and analysts wanted to know what happened to the Juniper Stratus vision. Article
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FCoE network roadmap: Do you need a unified fabric strategy?
Some vendors are coming to the table with FCoE network roadmaps, but others are still releasing switches that can't necessarily support any converged enhanced Ethernet protocol in the data center. Should you be demanding a unified fabric strategy fro... Article
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10 Gigabit Ethernet tutorial: Connecting data centers, storage, LAN and beyond
As IT teams build 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks, they'll have to choose the right 10 Gigabit Ethernet cabling and components in order to ensure data center optimization and prevent latency in the network. They''ll also need to be sure their networks a... Expert Lesson
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Talking cloud computing networks and 10 Gigabit Ethernet with Arista
Cloud computing network switch vendor Arista Networks is a startup with a lot of star power. Arista, which specializes in high-density 1 rack unit (RU) 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches, was founded by Andy Bechtolsheim, who also founded Sun Microsystems,... Interview