ISCSI vs. Fibre Channel Explained:
iSCSI Takes its rightful place next to Fiber Channell..
The landscape of storage area networks (SANs) is changing, and the established perceptions of Fiber Channel (FC) vs iSCSI SANs are blurring rapidly. These days, you can build a fiber channel SAN for less than $10,000, but you can also spend $1million on an iSCSI SAN or run database applications from network attached storage (NAS). There are no absolute rules on what you can and can’t do when it comes to Fiber Channel and iSCSI. However, there are some important pros and cons to each approach that you’ll need to consider. …more
Source: Stephen Bigelow - SearchStorage - 6/13/07
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