1. Considerations for congestion notification in FCoE networks

   15 June 2011

   Written by Gilles Chekroun, SNIA Europe Technology Chair (Cisco Systems)
   
   Since the earliest days of data networking, congestion control and management have been a major effort to ensure the best throughput. Years ago we had technologies such as Frame Relay Forward Explicit Congestion Notification (FECN) and Backward Explicit Congestion Notification (BECN), and others to achieve simple and effective methods of congestion notification and avoidance.

2. Beyond Potatoes; Migrating from NFSv3

   30 May 2011

   Written by Alex McDonald, SNIA Europe UK committee member (NetApp)
   
   NFSv4 and the minor versions that follow it are designed to address many of the issues that NFSv3 poses. While adequate for many purposes and a familiar and well understood protocol, NFSv3 has become increasingly difficult to justify.

3. Managing iSCSI Adapters with VMware vSphere 4.1

   23 May 2011

   With the release of vSphere 4.1, VMware has added support for 10GbE iSCSI adapters that simplify deployment of iSCSI connectivity for virtualized servers. iSCSI adapters present separate network and storage devices to the ESX hypervisor that can be managed using the VMware vSphere client.

4. Latest developments for Fibre Channel standards + NAS Q and A

   11 October 2010

   Two valuable updates from SNIA Europe.
   
   First up, a focus on recent Fibre Channel developments, followed by a fascinating focus on Network-Attached Storage (NAS). The need for faster speeds and the momentum of virtualisation are themes common to both technology areas.

5. iSCSI: Ready for the New Enterprise

   1 October 2010

   The article covers how the transition to Ethernet storage is contributing to increased adoption of iSCSI not only among small and medium businesses, but more and more iSCSI is being deployed in the enterprise to support new data center architectures commonly referred to as private clouds, service oriented infrastructures, or IT as a Service (ITaaS).

6. Parallel NFS is the Future for Scale-Out Networked Storage

   19 May 2010

   Networked storage allows administrators to manage "pool(s) of storage resources" providing a wide range of options that address operational costs, data protection and performance challenges.

7. iSCSI plays well in the Cloud

   15 February 2010

   The "cloud" in its various forms is quickly becoming a necessary part of any organisations IT strategy. Fortunately, many of the building blocks to deploy cloud services are available today or are now hitting the market just in time to address critical business requirements. In the case of storage protocols for clouds, Ethernet is emerging as the network technology of choice, and iSCSI is positioned to play a major role. iSCSI is proving to effectively address the cost, performance, security, scalability and mobility requirements for cloud services.

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