It used to be simple: Fibre Channel was for the enterprise and iSCSI was for small to midsize businesses. Like everything else in IT, its not so cut-and-dried anymore. Although Fibre.

Aventis Systems shares key differences and advantages among storage connectivity options.

One question that comes up frequently when discussing the deployment of shared storage is what transport to use - iSCSI or Fibre Channel? This video discusses the pros and cons of each transport.

FC or Ethernet, which is best for storage? For net new implementations, the points on each side could be debated but for 60%-80% of the market that already has FC embedded, it is hard to justify.

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