With the growth in Ethernet based storage, Intel and NetApp have developed unified networking over 10GbE in the data center offering compelling benefits, with a simplified infrastructure, lower equipment and power costs and flexible path to cost effective performance of next generation storage networks, meeting the needs of the evolving, virtualized data center.
As server virtualization has increased largely in recent years, Ethernet-based storage has also grown surpassing storage-specific fabrics. Also, the ubiquity of storage area network (SAN) access will be critical as virtualization deployments continue with emerging of new, on-demand data center models.
As IT departments look to reduce costs and improve server efficiency, they are turning increasingly to server visualization and consolidation, as benefits of virtualization are widely understood: less server hardware to purchase, lower power and cooling needs and centralized management.
Over 2.5 billion users will connect to the internet in the next five years and years with over 10 billion devices which will require eight times the amount of storage capacity, 16 times the network capacity and over 20 times the computer capacity by 2015, so a new infrastructure must emerge to power this growth and enable the most efficient use of resources that is cloud computing.
A 10GbE unified fabric simplifies the network infrastructure by consolidating LAN and SAN traffic. Internet small computer system interface (iSCSI) and network file system (NFS) are two examples of storage protocols that use Ethernet and the recent ratification of the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) standard extends this capability. The recent Ethernet enhancements ensure QoS (Quality of Service) for critical traffic.
Intel and NetApp are two companies that are helping to advance the shift to 10GbE based unified networking in the data center.
Posted by: - D. Bishal
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