This forum is great... Thanks for making it.So, whats the appropriate use for iSCSI vs FC SAN.I am part of a small IT group at a small-medium sized University, which is woefully behind in what we ...

Tech Analysis: In storage networking, iSCSI proves it can hold its own against Fibre Channel.

Some might argue that simplicity is a key advantage of using iSCSI over FC to deploy a SAN. The reason: An iSCSI SAN doesn’t necessarily require the specialized hardware knowledge that is perceived to ...

iSCSI can hold its own with FC in terms of throughput through the use of multiple 1Gbps Ethernet or 10Gbps Ethernet links. It also benefits from being TCP/IP in that it can be used over great ...

So there you have it: Server virtualization is a double-edged sword that can cut on both the iSCSI and the FC side. Our great-grandchildren might still be debating which one is best 100 years from ...

iSCSI’s growth is expected to far surpass that of Fibre Channel over the next four years, but its total market size is not, and analysts say they expect the two technologies to complement ...

Survey respondents ranked Fibre Channel higher than iSCSI on a number of attributes, a Xiotech spokesperson said. /zimages/1/28571.gif To read more about Fibre Channel security appliances, click here.

In fact, a budget FC HBA now costs roughly the same as an iSCSI HBA, which many customers choose over a standard Gigabit Ethernet connection plus software for performance reasons.

iSCSI’s growth is expected to far surpass that of Fibre Channel over the next four years, but its total market size is not, and analysts say they expect the two technologies to complement ...

Fibre Channel, on the other hand, may at some time be replaced by the proposed Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), a technology that relies on the lossless, enhanced Ethernet specification.

Nor is it Fibre Channel Over Internet Protocol (FCIP), a tunneling protocol used to extend or connect FC networks. iSCSI is extremely close to the FC Protocol, which is designed for large data ...