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Why FCoE Standards Matter

Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick), July 31, 2011May 18, 2020

Mike Fratto at Network Computing recently wrote an article titled ‘FCoE: Standards Don’t Matter; Vendor Choice Does’ (http://www.networkcomputing.com/storage-networking-management/231002706.) I definitely differ from Mike’s opinion on the subject.  While I’m no fan of the process of making standards (puts sausage making to shame), or the idea of slowing progress to wait…

Technical Deep Dive

Why NetApp is my ‘A-Game’ Storage Architecture

Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick), February 22, 2011December 28, 2018

One of, if not the, most popular of my blog posts to date has been ‘Why Cisco UCS is my ‘A-Game’ Server Architecture (http://www.definethecloud.net/why-cisco-ucs-is-my-a-game-server-architecture.)  In that post I describe why I lead with Cisco UCS for most consultative engagements.  This follow up for storage has been a long time coming,…

Storage Protocols

Joe Onisick (@JoeOnisick), March 18, 2010May 26, 2010

Storage is a major consideration for cloud initiatives; what type of disk, which vendor, and as importantly which protocol?  Experts will tout one over the other based on cost, performance, throughput, etc.  Let’s take a look at the major storage protocols at play in the data center: Small Computer System…

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