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Welcome to the Ethernet Storage Europe page!

Ethernet Storage Europe: Aligned to Support Market Momentum

What is the Ethernet Storage Europe?

The SNIA Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF) and the Ethernet Storage Europe are marketing organisations within the Storage Networking Industry Association focused on driving the broad adoption of Ethernet-connected storage networking solutions by:

  • Providing an industry focus on Ethernet-connected storage networking technologies and solutions

  • Creating vendor neutral education material for IT professionals

  • Driving market awareness and positioning of the various Ethernet storage technologies

  • Accelerating the market acceptance of new Ethernet storage solutions through education on deployment, interoperability, best practices and IT case studies

  • Leveraging SNIA and industry events, activities and end-user outreach programs around the globe

“Ethernet-connected storage networking solutions” here refers to any storage networking products that use Ethernet as the storage-to-host network -- for example iSCSI disk arrays, or Network-Attached Storage systems using the NFS protocol.

Why the Change from IP Storage?

SNIA IP Storage Forum and Initiative built a solid reputation for delivering effective, vendor-neutral marketing and educational materials via the web, at events, and through media outlets around the globe. However, the initiative was chartered only to promote IP-based SAN storage systems – i.e., those using the iSCSI, FCIP or iFCP “block” storage protocols. The charter specifically excluded Network Attached Storage (NAS) systems, which use file storage protocols, for instance.

This was further amplified by significant market excitement around a “unified” or “converged” data center network infrastructure based on 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and the imminent emergence of a newstorage protocol, FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet). A broadened focus seemed like a natural succession for the Forum.

WHAT ARE THE FORUM’S TOP GOALS FOR 2010?

Our goals for the year fall into four categories:

  • To promote Ethernet-connected storage networking solutions and technologies, relevant standards, and the industry’s implementation of these standards to the IT community

  • To promote the value of Ethernet as a storage networking fabric to the IT community

  • To promote the value of ESF membership to the vendor community

  • Advocate customer needs and reflect user concerns and issues back into the industry

Learn More About Ethernet Storage

Download new educational articles, industry watch articles by clicking on the links below:

Industry Articles on Ethernet Storage (Not endorsed by SNIA Europe):

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Analysts forecast that the relative market share of Ethernet based networked storage could account for $7 Billion in 2009, compared with $11 Billion for Fibre Channel SAN storage. In fact a surprising number of enterprises today have “Ethernet only data centers” with all storage traffic using an Ethernet infrastructure for SAN, NAS, and remote datacenter connectivity. This phenomenon is likely to become increasingly widespread in the coming years as 10 GbE is more aggressively deployed.

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