Fibre Channel Insights

What is Fibre Channel?

Fibre Channel is a high-speed network technology primarily used for connecting computer data storage to servers. It is commonly used in storage area networks (SANs) in enterprise environments to provide reliable, high-bandwidth, low-latency access to storage devices.

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What other technologies are related to Fibre Channel?

Fibre Channel Competitor Technologies

iSCSI

iSCSI is a competing block-level protocol for storage networking, using TCP/IP networks instead of Fibre Channel.

mentioned alongside Fibre Channel in 14% (1.5k) of relevant job posts

NFS

NFS is a file-level protocol for network storage, a competitor to Fibre Channel, which primarily handles block-level storage.

mentioned alongside Fibre Channel in 4% (816) of relevant job posts

FCoE

FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) is a competing protocol that encapsulates Fibre Channel frames over Ethernet networks, aiming to replace traditional Fibre Channel infrastructure.

mentioned alongside Fibre Channel in 13% (191) of relevant job posts

SMB/CIFS

SMB/CIFS is a file-level protocol for network storage and file sharing, often used as an alternative to Fibre Channel-based SANs for file-based access.

mentioned alongside Fibre Channel in 20% (85) of relevant job posts

NAS

NAS (Network Attached Storage) competes with Fibre Channel SANs, as it provides file-level access over a network, typically using Ethernet, rather than block-level access via Fibre Channel.

mentioned alongside Fibre Channel in 3% (570) of relevant job posts

CIFS

CIFS is a file-level protocol for network storage and file sharing, often used as an alternative to Fibre Channel-based SANs for file-based access.

mentioned alongside Fibre Channel in 5% (275) of relevant job posts

InfiniBand

InfiniBand is a competing high-speed interconnect technology often used in HPC and data centers as an alternative to Fibre Channel.

mentioned alongside Fibre Channel in 3% (172) of relevant job posts

Fibre Channel Complementary Technologies

SCSI

SCSI is a command set used by Fibre Channel. Fibre Channel is a transport protocol that can carry SCSI commands.

mentioned alongside Fibre Channel in 15% (274) of relevant job posts

SAN

SAN (Storage Area Network) is a broader concept where Fibre Channel often plays a key role as the transport protocol. Fibre Channel is a technology used to build a SAN.

mentioned alongside Fibre Channel in 2% (751) of relevant job posts

E-Series

NetApp E-Series storage systems can utilize Fibre Channel for connectivity and data transport.

mentioned alongside Fibre Channel in 23% (67) of relevant job posts