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This paper describes the move to 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel, the benefits and the 

major applications that will benefit from this newest interconnect technology. 

 

 

Introduction  

Since the 2001 introduction of 2 Gigabit per second (Gb/s) Fibre Channel 

(FC) technology, engineers have been working on the next generation of 

Fibre Channel interconnection – 4 Gb/s.  The new technology is now 

available, thoroughly tested and offered to enterprise customers.  

 

4 Gb/s Fibre Channel systems are ideally suited for applications that need 

to quickly transfer large amounts of data – such as remote replication 

across a SAN, database in memory; streaming video on demand; medical 

imaging; data mining and data warehousing; and large databases 

supporting online transaction processing (OLTP). Additionally, large 

increases in online data, such as driven by radio frequency identification 

(RFID) applications, will leverage the benefits of 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel 

technology.   

 

 

 

 

4 Gb/s Fibre Channel 
Storage System 

The IBM® 
TotalStorage® 
DS4800 controller, 
features sixth 
generation system 
technology and offers 
the same extensive 
capabilities and 
functionality as other 
IBM DS4000 series 
Fibre Channel 
systems.  These 
capabilities include 
broad support for 
operating systems and 
host types; advanced 
replication services 
such as Snapshot, 
remote volume 
mirroring and volume 
copying.  
 

 

 

 

Содержание DS4700 EXPRESS

Страница 1: ...mote replication across a SAN database in memory streaming video on demand medical imaging data mining and data warehousing and large databases supporting online transaction processing OLTP Additional...

Страница 2: ...being gathered and created have spawned increasingly data intensive and high speed networking applications 4 Gb s Fibre Channel enables faster communication between servers and storage devices at abou...

Страница 3: ...b s Fibre Channel enables data to be transferred from one system at up to twice the speed of 2 Gb s Fibre Channel Streaming Video 4 Gb s Fibre Channel is ideal for world class broadcasting and rich me...

Страница 4: ...half the time compared to 2 Gb s Fibre Channel Quick Recovery Recovery is more important than backup and the time it takes to recover is becoming more important every day Systems based on 4 Gb s Fibre...

Страница 5: ...re Channel Deciding when to upgrade your infrastructure involves many factors Customers need to evaluate if their current IT environment is stable performing adequately and if growth has stabilized If...

Страница 6: ...urchased in 2005 may still be in production when 4 Gb s Fibre Channel is the norm Does it make sense to purchase a new product that will be outdated before its production life is up Purchasing a produ...

Страница 7: ...nology at the same price and cost of ownership as current 2 Gb s systems Four Gb s technology can benefit companies that run a variety of applications including scientific research data warehousing an...

Страница 8: ...ly property rights may be used instead THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS DISTRIBUTED AS IS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED IBM EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTA...

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