I went down this route with my Fibre to Home (yes I'm one of the rare ppls that has pure fibre 100mb/sec connection to my house) and the more i talked to people about it the more I was left to be believe that Gigabit approach was more realistic in cost effective / workable way.
eg: http://www.stress-free.co.nz/gigabit_vs_fibre_channel_discussion <http://www.stress-free.co.nz/gigabit_vs_fibre_channel_discussion> --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:23 AM, David Boccabella < davidboccabe...@anubis-systems.com> wrote: > Hi folks > > > > Ok.. I am in the process of setting up a small FC private network that will > be used between 3 PC’s (VM Hosts) and a SANs box. > > > > I have purchased 2 x 4 port and 6 x 1 port FC HBA’s I have also purchased > second hand a Brocade 3200 hub. > > > > Unfortunately it looks like I will need to purchase additional licensing > for the Brocade for it to do ‘Trunking’ and this is an obsolete hub. > > > > With standard CAT-5 it is possible to use a crossover cable to connect PC > to PC without the need of a hub, and if one has multiple NIC’s then one can > pair them together to increase the bandwidth. > > > > But with FC I cannot find much reference to this but I am sure it can be > done. If I cannot get the Hub to Trunk can I then just drop in the 2 x 4 > port HBA’s into the SAN PC which will give me 8 ports.. And then pair them > together to give me 4 dual speed ports. Then put 2 HBA’s into each VM > Host and pair those back to the SANs box. > > > > Any suggestion how to do this?, do I need to take part cables or are their > adapters that will do it. > > > > Many thanks > > Dave > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************** > David J. Boccabella > > Proprietor > Anubis Systems > Phone: 0433 808 525 > > Fax: 3200 0085 > Email: davidboccabe...@anubis-systems.com <boo...@cvsol.com> > > This e-mail and it's contents is confidential to Anubis Systems. > This e-mail, any attachments, or any part of can not be reproduced > without the express written permission of Anubis Systems > ******************************************************************** >
