10 Things You Should Know About iSCSI - It Can Rob Your Bandwidth

 
 
By Wayne Rash  |  Posted 2007-11-06 Email Print this article Print
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Right now, one of the hottest trends in storage is iSCSI appliances. Companies are in a rush to announce new products, roll out iSCSI versions of older products or introduce products that somehow work with iSCSI even if they don't actually do storage. All
 

 
 
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Just because your staff and your existing infrastructure are capable of handling iSCSI doesnt mean its a good idea. Storage traffic can put some heavy demands on your network and take needed bandwidth away from other users and applications.
10 Things You Should Know About iSCSI - It Can Rob Your Bandwidth
 
 
 
 
 
Wayne Rash Wayne Rash is a Senior Analyst for eWEEK Labs and runs the magazineÔÇÖs Washington Bureau. Prior to joining eWEEK as a Senior Writer on wireless technology, he was a Senior Contributing Editor and previously a Senior Analyst in the InfoWorld Test Center. He was also a reviewer for Federal Computer Week and Information Security Magazine. Previously, he ran the reviews and events departments at CMP's InternetWeek.

He is a retired naval officer, a former principal at American Management Systems and a long-time columnist for Byte Magazine. He is a regular contributor to Plane & Pilot Magazine and The Washington Post.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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