Comments on: EMC World http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/05/20/emc-world/ Fresh Thinking on IT Operations Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: EMC World « Enterprise Strategy Group http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/05/20/emc-world/comment-page-1/#comment-7189 EMC World « Enterprise Strategy Group Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:38:02 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=1367#comment-7189 [...] Read the entire blog entry here >> All views and opinions expressed in ESG blog posts are intended to be those of the post's author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc., or its clients. ESG bloggers do not and will not engage in any form of paid-for blogging. Click to see our complete Disclosure Policy. For important information about using this content, please review our Terms & Conditions Tags: articles, business, cluster, conferences, EMC, feature, IT Operations, SAN, Storage, virtualization, vSphere [...] [...] Read the entire blog entry here >> All views and opinions expressed in ESG blog posts are intended to be those of the post's author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc., or its clients. ESG bloggers do not and will not engage in any form of paid-for blogging. Click to see our complete Disclosure Policy. For important information about using this content, please review our Terms & Conditions Tags: articles, business, cluster, conferences, EMC, feature, IT Operations, SAN, Storage, virtualization, vSphere [...]

]]> By: thehotaisle http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/05/20/emc-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1525 thehotaisle Thu, 21 May 2009 06:59:42 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=1367#comment-1525 Hi Stu,<br><br>Thanks for taking the time to respond. Perhaps my language in describing the FCoE technology as "still Cisco proprietary" gives a more extreme view than I had intended. My point (and one that you acknowledge in your reply) is that the standard has yet to be ratified and as a result there is some degree of risk that additional patches and firmware updates might be required and a small risk of inter-operational failures and difficulties for early adopters.<br><br>That said, the rich functionality and simplicity offered by a virtualized and collapsed LAN and SAN provides a huge upside for data center operators. I eagerly await the full adoption of the standard and the roll out of large numbers of rich and compatible hardware and software products that leverage these two core technologies.<br><br>Regards<br><br>Steve Hi Stu,

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Perhaps my language in describing the FCoE technology as “still Cisco proprietary” gives a more extreme view than I had intended. My point (and one that you acknowledge in your reply) is that the standard has yet to be ratified and as a result there is some degree of risk that additional patches and firmware updates might be required and a small risk of inter-operational failures and difficulties for early adopters.

That said, the rich functionality and simplicity offered by a virtualized and collapsed LAN and SAN provides a huge upside for data center operators. I eagerly await the full adoption of the standard and the roll out of large numbers of rich and compatible hardware and software products that leverage these two core technologies.

Regards

Steve

]]> By: stu http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/05/20/emc-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 stu Wed, 20 May 2009 22:28:17 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=1367#comment-1522 Hi Steve - hope thanks for coming to EMC World. I gave the EMC session on FCoE and have to pick on one point in your post - FCoE is a standards based solution. Cisco is an important participant in the development of the standards, but I think that it is unfair to call it "Cisco proprietary". The T11 standard is very close to ratification and the IEEE standard is at the point that multiple vendors can create products that will interoperate. I have a few pieces of collateral posted at <a href="http://nohype.tumblr.com/tagged/fcoe" rel="nofollow">http://nohype.tumblr.com/tagged/fcoe</a>. I do agree that the technology will need to mature and that adoption cycles take time.<br>Regards,<br>Stuart Miniman, Technologist, EMC CTO Office Hi Steve – hope thanks for coming to EMC World. I gave the EMC session on FCoE and have to pick on one point in your post – FCoE is a standards based solution. Cisco is an important participant in the development of the standards, but I think that it is unfair to call it “Cisco proprietary”. The T11 standard is very close to ratification and the IEEE standard is at the point that multiple vendors can create products that will interoperate. I have a few pieces of collateral posted at http://nohype.tumblr.com/tagged/fcoe. I do agree that the technology will need to mature and that adoption cycles take time.
Regards,
Stuart Miniman, Technologist, EMC CTO Office

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