Best Switch for a SAN switchiing fabric

DeathmageDeathmage Banned Posts: 2,496
in Off-Topic
Hey guys,

I personally like HP Procurves for all my networks including SAN's but what model switches do you guys use for SAN's? - Nexus, 2960s, 3750X's, Dell N3048's, HP Procurves, etc.
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • PristonPriston Member Posts: 999 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Nexus 5548, it can do 10G FCoE and 8G FC. All those other switches you listed are 1G. MDS 9148 are also nice.
    A.A.S. in Networking Technologies
    A+, Network+, CCNA
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • DeathmageDeathmage Banned Posts: 2,496
    Priston wrote: »
    Nexus 5548, it can do 10G FCoE and 8G FC. All those other switches you listed are 1G. MDS 9148 are also nice.

    rofl, 960 Gbps L2 throughput that's insane.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • philz1982philz1982 Member Posts: 978
    What kind of SAN? Are we talking high or low velocity? Is this mainly structured data, unstructured, or video/image. This will determine what you need. I mean think about it, some of the packets/frames you get could be huge and if you traditionally get large **** of data this could bottleneck a low throughput fabric. Additionally, you need to know if this is a batch or FIFO based SAN. What I mean by that is do you fill a buffer and **** or is it a constant stream of data. This effects the SAN as well.
    Read my blog @ www.buildingautomationmonthly.com
    Connect with me on LinkedIn @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillipzito
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Sign In or Register to comment.