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Presenting Silvano Gai With FCoTR Button

2nd February 2011 By Greg Ferro 1 Comment

With great pleasure I present an image of the event whereupon I did present a FibreChannel over Token Ring badge to Silvano Gai. As you can see, he is clearly pleased with such a wondrous gift. On behalf of the FibreChannel over Token Ring community, I say with great pride, mission accomplished.

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Why Does HSRP Have the “Standby-Bia” Command ?

10th September 2010 By Greg Ferro 1 Comment

Why does HSRP have a “standby-bia” command option ?

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: fcoe, fcotr, Storage

FCoE and Standards: This Is What Really Matters

24th August 2010 By admin 3 Comments

In the recent weeks, J. Michael Metz from Cisco entered a ****ing contest with my friend Greg and decided to prove that the FCoE standards are done.

Filed Under: Blog, Storage Tagged With: Cisco, data centre, fcoe, network design

Will the Real FCoE Standards Stand Up ? No, They Can’t.

1st August 2010 By Greg Ferro 17 Comments

J Michel Metz attempted a sleight of hand magic trick to astroturf over the lack of progress on the Ethernet standards. Unpleasant.

Filed Under: Blog, Storage Tagged With: Cisco, fcoe, Storage

Cisco UCS Servers – A Little Bit of Cynical Marketing Magic Can Go a Long Way

16th May 2010 By Greg Ferro 2 Comments

You can take the view that Cisco Unified Computing System is a product that is carefully designed so that selling it is as easy as possible. A cynical marketing analysis has produced a product that customers can be convinced to buy. Or is it an innovation in server and data centre design that is desperately needed ?

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Internets of Interest:18 Jan 10

19th January 2010 By bookmarks Leave a Comment

Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 18 Jan 10:

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Internets of Interest:16 Jan 10

17th January 2010 By bookmarks Leave a Comment

Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 16 Jan 10:

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Blessay: FCoE Is JUST a Transition Technology

17th December 2009 By Greg Ferro 14 Comments

Chris Evans believes that “FCoE” will rule the world. Hah. I believe it’s just a transition technology that drags Storage out of it’s closed, proprietary mindset into the open collaborative world. Data Networks can easily adapt.

Filed Under: Blessay, Blog, Storage Tagged With: Blessay, Design, fcoe, Musing, Storage

FCoE Isn’t a Replacement for Infiniband, It’s a Cheaper Copy That Customers Will Buy

6th December 2009 By Greg Ferro 11 Comments

There is some misconception by many in the storage industry that FCoE is some type of replacement for Infiniband. My view is that FCoE is cheaper, dumber but MARKETABLE alternative.

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