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Fiber Channel
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Definition of Fiber Channel
Fiber Channel is the solution for IT professionals who need reliable, cost-effective information storage and delivery at blazing speeds. With development starting in 1988, ANSI (American National Standards Institution) standard approval in 1994, and massive deployment beginning in 1998, Fibre Channel is still growing strong. Fibre Channel is the mature, safe solution for high-speed communications and is the foundation for over 90% of all SAN (Storage Area Network) installations throughout the world. Today's data explosion presents unprecedented challenges incorporating data warehousing, imaging, integrated audio/video, networked storage, real-time computing, collaborative projects and CAD/CAE.
Fibre Channel is simply the easiest, safest and most reliable solution for information storage and retrieval. Corporate information is a key competitive factor, and Fibre Channel enhances IT departments' ability to access and protect it more efficiently. In fact, multiple terabytes of Fibre Channel interfaced storage are installed every day! Fibre Channel works equally well for storage, networks, video, data acquisition, and many other applications. Fibre Channel is ideal for reliable, high-speed transport of digital audio/video. Aerospace developers are using Fibre Channel for ultra-reliable, real-time networking. Fibre Channel is a fast, reliable data transport system that scales to meet the requirements of any enterprise. Today, installations range from small post-production systems on Fibre Channel loop to very large systems linking thousands of users, servers, and storage systems into a switched, Fibre Channel network. Fibre Channel supports the connection of 126 devices on a single network
• Networks
This method is based on connecting distributed elements like workstations, file servers and peripherals using serial protocol. Networks are software intensive and it is slower than a channel. Transmission of data is not reliable as on channels. Networks are usually used for long distance communication, because they are unstructured, they can support large no of devices of different types.
They provide file based data transfer using a wide variety of protocols. Networks are used for transferring data with error free delivery.
Ethernet based IP network is an example of network. This method is typically used for transferring small data files over relatively longer distances