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SCSI and Fibre Channel Disk Interfaces: Different Approaches Inside Centralized Storage Systems

PublisherXIOtech
Format HTML & PDFDate added02 Apr 2001
Topics Interfaces / Buses / I/Os, Storage Management
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Storage system vendors often argue for the virtues of one internal disk interconnection technology over another. A comparison of SCSI and fibre channel technology shows that both provide comparable performance and reliability and will be viable into the future.

Both interfaces share the same upper-level SCSI protocol, provide similar performance levels, and allow continuous access to data. With the type of disk interface irrelevant to the selection of an optimum storage solution, the focus can shift to business savings and ease of implementation.

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