Fast Fibre Channel
New 8Gbps storage gear complements server virtualization rollouts.
Public-sector organizations adopting server virtualization may soon be looking to give their storage area networks (SANs) a speed injection via 8-gigabit-per-second Fibre Channel.
8Gbps Fibre Channel gear has burst onto the scene in recent months from companies such as Brocade, Emulex, Hewlett-Packard and QLogic, and state and local governments appear to be gobbling it up at a time when IT purse strings have tightened considerably.
