Cisco MDS

August 28, 2014

PERSPECTIVES

#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep 26 MDS for Small to Cloud-Scale Data Centers

#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re talking with Cisco Product Marketing Manager Prashant Jain, about MDS for Small to Cloud-Scale Data Centers. Amy Lewis (@CommsNinja) moderates and Patrick Swackhammer is this week’s Cisco Champion guest host. Listen to the Podcast. Learn about the Cisco Champions Program HERE. See a list […]

November 21, 2013

DATA CENTER

Customer Adoption Series: LinkedIn deploys MDS 9710 to reliably connect world’s professionals

A couple of months ago, we introduced the new Cisco MDS 9700 Series Multilayer Directors. The new Cisco MDS 9710 Director establishes a new benchmark for performance – delivering more than three times the bandwidth of any Director in the industry.  Since the launch, several of our customers deployed MDS 9710 successfully and reaped the […]

October 31, 2013

DATA CENTER

16 Gb Fibre Channel Market adoptions: EMC 16Gb connectivity (VMAX) announcement

For about 2 decades, Fibre Channel has been deployed to support the most rigorous and demanding applications, and  is mainly because FC possesses certain characteristics that enterprise customers embrace, i.e – reliability, performance and scalability.   16Gb Fibre Channel is one of the preferred choice for mission-critical applications that required deterministic low latency networks to connect […]

September 4, 2013

DATA CENTER

Data Center Transformation: Impact on Storage Networks

The increase in enterprise data storage needs coupled with longer data retention periods (mandated by legislation and compliance regulations) is leading to large growth in storage infrastructure: more backup, complex archive and disaster recovery, and increased requirements for resources, such as space, power, cooling, storage, and personnel. While businesses are trying to reduce their CapEx […]