Testing Storage Area Networks and Devices at 8.5-Gb/s Fibre Channel Rates

摘要

Consumer desire for online access to on-demand services and content is affecting seemingly every industry -- from entertainment to banking, medicine to education and beyond. Examples include movies, video games and TV programming, all of which are rapidly moving to on-demand and online delivery. Storage area networks (SANs) are used for these services, storing and delivering the large amounts of data that support the associated business models. However, growth in these areas places tremendous pressure on SAN developers to meet ever-increasing performance and scalability requirements. New application growth also is driving the addition of new features and capabilities into SANs, further increasing their complexity.