The integration of both IP-based and Fibre Channel-based storage resources is but one advantage of IP storage switches.

Fibre Channel switch sales rose in the fourth quarter despite a revenue drop in the overall SAN market.

Fibre Channel remains the gold standard for SANs, thanks to its reliability and fault tolerance. Consolidation, virtualization, blade servers and multicore CPUs are all driving demand for the 8Gbps ...

In most cases, the switch fabric is based on traditional Fibre Channel (FC) technology for its high speed, low latency and advanced reliability features such as ISL trunking, as well as security ...

Storage vendor Qlogic rolled out a new Fibre Channel switch this week at Storage Networking World in Phoenix that gives users an alternative between fixed-port and bladed director-level switches.

McData has been aggressive in acquisitions in the Fibre Channel market. In August 2003, the company also acquired Nishan Systems, a maker of iSCSI and Internet Fibre Channel Protocol switches and ...

Fibre Channel overview Jun 1, 2002 12:00 PM, By Kevin McNamara, CNE In the past 10 years, Ethernet-based local area networks (LANs) have progressed a great deal, particularly in their data throughput ...

Brocade Communications Systems will introduce a new switch in March for storage networks, a major upgrade that brings the company closer to higher-end competitors.

Gadzoox Networks will demonstrate a 2-gigabit Fibre Channel switch at the Comdex trade show next week. The switch, used to build networks for handling storage data, is based on a new Fibre Channel ...

-- SANbox 1000 SMB Switches QLogic SANbox Express 1000 Series switches are the most integrated and compact Fibre Channel switches ever built, featuring 10 high performance 4Gb or 2Gb ports in a ...