The Power of "And"
Post by: Omar Sultan, CCIE
Solution Manager - Data Center Switching
CMO - Data Center Solutions
The other day, I was reading through a message board on another website was reminded, how our industry tends to look at things in an adversarial light. A new box is released and we need to compare it to what’s out there and choose sides in a "red switch/blue switch" showdown. In this case, I was reading through a spirited discussion about FCoE vs. iSCSI. In this particular case, once the dust settles, I think folks will figure out that there is room for both technologies in their data center, much as folks figured out it a few years ago that they can blend SAN and NAS as part of their storage strategy—neither technology is perfect, but they can compliment each other to provide a stronger overall solution.
Since the Super Bowl is coming up, perhaps a football analogy is apt: if you draft a Heisman Trophy winning running back, you don’t bench your pro-bowl wide receiver, instead, you explore what opportunities you can create by taking advantage of both assets—use the running game to set up up the pass. This is the power of "and".
If you are a follower of this blog, you know Doug has hinted that some cool things are in store. As these announcements unfold, I invite you to set aside the natural tendency to compare and instead focus on the opportunities these new products and technologies open up for you.
Posted by Omar Sultan at 03:33PM PST
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