When I first learned that the latest and greatest in nework attached storage (NAS) was using a TCP/IP implimentation of SCSI I heard alarm bells going off. Back up and recovery is a bandwidth ...

I've written a lot about iSCSI in these storage columns, and I believe it to have a very bright future, especially with 10-Gb Ethernet on the way and the significant difference in acquisition costs ...

Depending on whom you ask, the iSCSI protocol, expected to be finalized in the next six months, either will play a significant role in the future of storage networking or will become just another ...

Bottom line: An iSCSI SAN is cheaper to set up and easier to run than a Fibre Channel SAN. Pure and simple. Why is iSCSI gaining in popularity relative to the incumbent storage transport technology ...

EMC is expected to announce next week that it will offer the Internet SCSI protocol on its midrange and low-end arrays. Analysts said the move will significantly boost the adoption of the technology ...

Unintended attempted network boots (flashing globe at startup) We've previously reported on an issue where users are presented with a "flashing globe" at startup, disallowing the boot procedure to ...

As we all know previous best practices have always been to separate iscsi/vfms traffic from network/management traffic to guarantee performance. This is what we do currently, and to some extent, my ...

ISCSI was in the news last week with EqualLogic being acquired by Dell, LeftHand Networks introducing new iSCSI storage appliances and Dynamic Network Factory teaming with Bell Microproducts to bring ...

As the name might suggest. What's the performance difference between iSCSI and a network drive in Windows. Our accounting package is horrendously slow because every time one client requests a piece of ...

Although less than a decade old, iSCSI storage is already the prevailing choice for small and medium-sized businesses, as well as large companies looking to milk their existing Fibre Channel storage ...