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Fibre Channel

ALSO CALLED: Fiber Channel and Fibre
DEFINITION: Fibre Channel is a technology for transmitting data between computer devices at data rates of up to 4 Gbps (and 10 Gbps in the near future). Fibre Channel is especially suited for connecting computer servers to shared storage devices and for interconnecting storage controllers  … 
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TOPICS:  DAS | FCIP | Fibre Channel | iSCSI SAN | LAN

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Fibre Channel over Ethernet Storage Networking Evolution
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Cisco MDS 9000 8-Gbps Fibre Channel Modules Overview
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FIBRE CHANNEL DEFINITION (continued): …  and drives. Since Fibre Channel is three times as fast, it has begun to replace the Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) as the transmission interface between servers and clustered storage devices. Fibre channel is more flexible; devices can be as far as ten kilometers (about six miles) apart if optical fiber is used as the physical medium. Optical fiber is not required for shorter distances, however, because Fibre Channel also works using coaxial cable … 
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