3.3. Advantages of Fibre Channel for Mass Storage
There are some definite advantages to using Fibre Channel over other architectures. Although this is not an all-inclusive list, these are the major advantages:
3.3.1. Distance
Hewlett-Packard supports up to 10,000 meters (10 km) between the computer (or system) and the peripheral. What this means is that between the computer and the peripheral there can be a distance of 10 kilometers. Section 3.5 will describe this in more detail, however, the distance advantage is an excellent solution for the campus-type environment.
3.3.2. Speed
Fibre Channel permits a theoretical speed of up to 4000 Mbps. (As mentioned previously, Hewlett-Packard supports 1063 Mbps.) Speeds depend greatly on the design ...
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