How does iSCSI compare to Fiber Channel?
Fiber Channel, being a high speed serial interconnect, has no routing and failover capabilities and allows for only primitive address management and security considerations. To overcome these limitations, complex configuration schemes have been devised that require specialized expertise and complex environments. These have made Fiber Channel based solutions inherently expensive to acquire and maintain. iSCSI on the other hand utilizes familiar, simple, and low cost technologies such as Internet Protocol and Ethernet and eliminates the need for specialized and relatively expensive expertise.
Related Questions
- How does the throughput performance of iSCSI compare to that of a native Fibre Channel (FC) Host Bus Adapter (HBA)?
- How does the latency of iSCSI compare to that of a native Fibre Channel (FC) Host Bus Adapter (HBA)?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of Fiber Channel and iSCSI storage technologies?
