Comments on: StorageVideoMojo http://storagemojo.com/2008/04/09/storagevideomojo/ Data storage info & analysis Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:34:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Richard http://storagemojo.com/2008/04/09/storagevideomojo/#comment-189958 Richard Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:47:26 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/2008/04/09/storagevideomojo/#comment-189958 How do you build a secure future on IB if there is only one source of silicon ? Remember, Intel pulled out long time ago. Why is everyone dismissing PCI Express ? How do you build a secure future on IB if there is only one source of silicon ?
Remember, Intel pulled out long time ago.
Why is everyone dismissing PCI Express ?

]]> By: CBass http://storagemojo.com/2008/04/09/storagevideomojo/#comment-189027 CBass Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:16:45 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/2008/04/09/storagevideomojo/#comment-189027 Neat stuff. The scenes with your head were a bit dark, but overall very cool. Thanks. Neat stuff.

The scenes with your head were a bit dark, but overall very cool. Thanks.

]]> By: Dan http://storagemojo.com/2008/04/09/storagevideomojo/#comment-188980 Dan Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:13:45 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/2008/04/09/storagevideomojo/#comment-188980 Your take states that ease of management of 10Gbe is more important than the Infiniband performance. I have to disagree, since if you look at how IB is managed nowadays, you can hardly notice a difference compared to Ethernet. And with the future FCoE over IB, you'll even get a seamless integration with SANs. Your take states that ease of management of 10Gbe is more important than the Infiniband performance.

I have to disagree, since if you look at how IB is managed nowadays, you can hardly notice a difference compared to Ethernet.
And with the future FCoE over IB, you’ll even get a seamless integration with SANs.

]]> By: Ryan Malayter http://storagemojo.com/2008/04/09/storagevideomojo/#comment-188977 Ryan Malayter Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:07:39 +0000 http://storagemojo.com/2008/04/09/storagevideomojo/#comment-188977 The issue with Infiniband (and even FC for that matter) is that the economies of scale just aren't there. The idea of a universal datacenter interconnect is great, but right now that Universal interconnect is Gig-E. Every single device in our datacenter has a GigE port (or several). So I think any successor needs to be backwards compatible with that at the physical and management layer. 10GbE and 40GbE are the natural successors. I haven't heard a compelling argument as to why Ethernet needs to be thrown out the door. The issue with Infiniband (and even FC for that matter) is that the economies of scale just aren’t there.
The idea of a universal datacenter interconnect is great, but right now that Universal interconnect is Gig-E. Every single device in our datacenter has a GigE port (or several). So I think any successor needs to be backwards compatible with that at the physical and management layer. 10GbE and 40GbE are the natural successors. I haven’t heard a compelling argument as to why Ethernet needs to be thrown out the door.

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