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Corporate Data Centers As Ethernet's Next Frontier
alphadogg writes with a story that's about the possibilities for the next generation(s) of Ethernet, stuff far beyond 10base-T: "Ethernet has conquered much of the network world and is now headed deep into the data center to handle everything from storage to LAN to high-performance computing applications. Cisco, IBM and other big names are behind standards efforts, and while there is some dispute over exactly what to call this technology, vendors seem to be moving ahead with it, and it's already showing up in pre-standard products. 'I don't see any show-stoppers here — it's just time,' says one network equipment-maker rep. 'This is just another evolutionary step. Ethernet worked great for mundane or typical applications — now we're getting to time-sensitive applications and we need to have a little bit more congestion control in there.'"
"Ethernet has conquered much of the network world and is now headed deep into the data center to handle everything from storage to LAN to high-performance computing applications."
Ethernet? Used for LAN? Jeepers, who'd ever have though of using Ethernet for THAT! I bet it'll be much faster than my 300-baud modem! And we can even connect storage devices to it!
I agree. I don't want any of this "doesn't drop packets" Ethernet either. Packet loss is critical to a number of my in-house applications.
'a';DROP TABLE users; SELECT * FROM DATA WHERE name LIKE '%'... if you're reading this, it didn't work.
Ohh.... That hurts my brain on so many levels. "...directional markings are provided for optimum signal transfer." Wouldn't want the electrons to forget which way they were supposed to go, eh?
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