4GB/S: Coming Soon to a SAN Near You

摘要

By the middle of 2005, OEMs will be shipping SAN components, which deliver 4 Gb/s connectivity—double the bandwidth of current high-end components—at little to no increased cost to the customer. Unlike earlier technology transitions, this move will be virtually painless because the new generation of SAN components will be fully compatible with, and interoperable with, earlier 1 and 2 Gb/s storage components. Customers purchasing this new generation of SAN components in 2005 will be in position to take advantage of the full capabilities of the upcoming wave of PCI Express-based or PCI-X 2.0 based servers; to reduce their tape backup windows; and to exploit upcoming advances in server consolidation that will cut server management costs and reduce the purchase of additional storage switches. These customers will also be positioned to accommodate ever-growing data demands from enterprise applications such as transaction processing, while maintaining required service levels for application performance and disaster recovery. SAN component vendors are working with OEMs to deliver the 4 Gb/s storage solutions that solve not only today's storage needs, but tomorrow's as well-with no cost (in money or in upgrade effort) to enterprise customers.