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What is FC?
FC can refer to several technologies, making it ambiguous without further context. It could stand for Fibre Channel, a high-speed data transfer protocol commonly used for connecting computer data storage to servers. Alternatively, it may refer to Fuel Cell technology, which converts the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction. Further disambiguation requires more context.
What other technologies are related to FC?
FC Competitor Technologies
iSCSI
iSCSI is a competing protocol for storage networking, offering block-level access over TCP/IP networks, similar to FC but using Ethernet infrastructure.
FCoE
FCoE encapsulates Fibre Channel frames within Ethernet frames, aiming to converge storage and networking traffic on a single Ethernet infrastructure. It is thus an alternative to native FC.
NFS
NFS (Network File System) is a file-level network protocol. It competes with FC, which provides block-level access, for certain storage applications.
Software iSCSI
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Software iSCSI initiators can provide a lower cost alternative to FC HBAs.
CIFS
CIFS is a file-level network protocol that competes with FC, which provides block-level access, for certain storage applications.
NAS
NAS (Network Attached Storage) provides file-level access over a network and is a competitor to FC, which provides block-level access.
SMB
SMB (Server Message Block) is a file-level network protocol that competes with FC, which provides block-level access, for certain storage applications. It is synonymous with CIFS.
NVMeoF
NVMe over Fabrics (NVMeoF) is a competing technology for accessing NVMe storage devices over a network fabric, offering high performance and low latency. It is an alternative to FC for high-performance storage applications.
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FC Complementary Technologies
SCSI
SCSI is the underlying protocol for block-level access, which FC transports over a network. FC essentially extends SCSI over a Fibre Channel network.
SAN
SAN is the general concept of a storage area network, and FC is a technology used to implement SANs. FC is a method of transport within a SAN.
vSphere Storage
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vSphere storage may utilize FC as an underlying transport protocol. vSphere integrates with FC-based SANs.
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Which job functions commonly mention FC?
Datacenter Administrator
0.8% of all Datacenter Administrator jobs mention FC
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Systems Engineer
0.1% of all Systems Engineer jobs mention FC
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Administrator
560 Administrator jobs mention FC
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Engineer
1649 Engineer jobs mention FC
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Engineering & R&D
1691 Engineering & R&D jobs mention FC
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Which organizations are mentioning FC?
Hewlett Packard Enterprise | HPE
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