Various authorities and experts say we need a converged datacenter fabric with all other protocols carried on it. The benefit would be cheaper datacenter networking through simpler administration, and lower acquisition costs through expanded networking product volumes. A converged datacenter fabric would provide server clustering, storage clustering, server-storage connectivity and server-external networking connectivity. A single fabric would be virtualized so that its bandwidth could be dynamically apportioned to the server, storage and external network links using it.
Thoughts on a Converged Datacenter Fabric
June 19, 2008