Fibre Channel storage

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf data storage technology
gptkbp:commonIn enterprise data centers
gptkbp:competitor gptkb:NVMe_over_Fabrics
gptkb:iSCSI_storage
SAS storage
gptkbp:connects Fibre Channel host bus adapters
Fibre Channel switches
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fibre Channel storage
gptkbp:introduced 1990s
gptkbp:provides low latency
scalability
high availability
high reliability
centralized storage management
gptkbp:requires Fibre Channel HBAs
Fibre Channel switches
specialized hardware
dedicated cabling
gptkbp:speed 2 Gbit/s
4 Gbit/s
32 Gbit/s
16 Gbit/s
64 Gbit/s
8 Gbit/s
gptkbp:standardizedBy gptkb:INCITS_T11
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Fibre_Channel_over_Ethernet_(FCoE)
gptkb:FICON
gptkb:NVMe
gptkb:FCP_(Fibre_Channel_Protocol)
high-speed data transfer
virtualization
zoning
redundant paths
failover
hot swapping
multipathing
snapshotting
data replication
disk arrays
tape libraries
RAID arrays
SCSI commands
block-level data transfer
gptkbp:supportsProtocol gptkb:Fibre_Channel
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:government_agency
financial institutions
cloud service providers
large enterprises
gptkbp:usedFor storage area networks
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:MPxIO
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7