Fibre Channel

For example, while Token Ring (Token Ring) have higher performance than Ethernet (16Mb / s vs. 10Mb / s) and greater functionality, but relies on its economies of scale advantages of Ethernet LAN traffic areas in successfully replaced the token ring. By comparison, ATM network can not replace a desktop connection to the Ethernet standard, mainly because it can not with the huge installed base of Ethernet compatible.
Of ATM LANE (LAN Emulation) is there are too many problems. Despite the high performance InfiniBand server cluster deployment demonstrates its value in the high-end users, but it has been unable to transmit on the LAN or storage area network to compete with other technologies. InfiniBand's unique wiring and high-speed transfer mode allows IT managers from the restrictions have to give up the idea of ​​climb.

Fibre Channel as a successful and high-performance technology to solve many problems related to data block transfer. After all, Fibre Channel is a simulation environment for the transmission of data center mainframe architecture. Most of the transmission channels are often high bandwidth and low load as a means to achieve the maximum extent the data center environment efficiently transfer large amounts of data. In order to maintain stable and consistent performance, including Fibre Channel with Buffer-to-buffer Credit and other internal mechanisms, including the potential to reduce the impact of network congestion.

If you lose a frame, fiber channel as soon as the TCP will not stop until you recover the lost frame, but in multi-gigabit transfer rate re-send the entire sequence of frames. Fibre Channel has a series-leading storage mechanism, such as automatic addressing, device discovery, fabric and status change notification, etc., these mechanisms for the host (server) and target device (storage) of switching between the offer convenience.

Fibre Channel for high reliability and high availability architecture introduced a series of higher level services. Fiber routing protocols, policy-based routing, hardware-based relay, virtual fiber optic network, fiber-optic network services such as security and fault isolation have become the basis for stable transmission. For storage virtualization and data protection provided by fiber-based network application services to further promote the simplification of storage management and automation. Fibre Channel standards and standards-compliant products are optimized for data storage, improved data on the maximum performance and availability.

Therefore, based on Fibre Channel SAN as the world's leading companies and colleges offer a strong technical support.