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To: J Fieb who wrote (2469)	11/25/2000 9:57:15 AM
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Who needs 2G...Hahahaha.. IS 2-GBIT NEEDED? -- Vendors push new storage Joseph F. Kovar Las Vegas - Storage vendors at last week's Comdex here were tripping over each other to show products aimed at speeding Fibre Channel data throughput to 2 Gbps, or double that of current technology. But the market may require some time before it is ready for the additional speed. Michael Fanelli, western regional manager at storage solution provider Sales Strategies, Metuchen, N.J, says he is not yet excited about 2-Gbit Fibre Channel. While the increased speed is a benefit, the market has yet to fully exploit the current technology, Fanelli says. "I don't think 1-Gbit is even ringing my bells yet," he says. However, the hoopla around the 2-Gbit technology will have at least one positive effect. "It's nice to see people showing it, showing a technology path, showing that standards are at least in place," he says. PCI-X, Ultra320 SCSI and InfiniBand also were touted as technologies designed to help speed the movement of data. IBM subsidiary Mylex showed host-bus adapters highlighting the new technologies, while Adaptec showed a PCI-to-Fibre-Channel host-bus adapter card it hopes to begin production on early next year. Emulex showed a PCI-X card with 2-Gbit Fibre Channel connectivity that doubles the data throughput of the standard PCI interface now in use. crn.com Copyright ® 2000 CMP Media Inc.