Dell'Oro Group Pushes Out Forecast to Next Higher-Speed in Fibre Channel Market; Fibre Channel to Meet Same Problems as 10 Gbps Ethernet.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. -- In a newly released report, Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for information about the telecommunications and networking industries, forecasts the majority of Fibre Channel switch In a computer storage field, a Fibre Channel switch is a network switch compatible with Fibre Channel (FC) protocol. It allows the creation of a Fibre Channel fabric, that is currently the core component of most storage area networks. and Host Bus Adapter See host adapter. sales will remain at 4 Gbps speeds beyond 2010. Sales of 1 Gbps Fibre Channel dominated the market for approximately five years, 2 Gbps dominated for four years, and the report predicts 4 Gbps to dominate beyond five years. "In general, manufacturers invent and build higher speed solutions that offer customers a price advantage on a per gigabit of bandwidth," said Tam Dell'Oro, Founder and Principal SAN Analyst. "But we don't see 8 Gbps Fibre Channel being able to offer a price advantage over 4 Gbps speeds in the next few years. In addition, we expect 8 Gbps Fibre Channel will hit the same 15 meter distance limitation and laser jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle problems that Ethernet has at 10 Gbps speeds. Until 8 Gbps Fibre Channel or 10 Gbps Ethernet can offer a price advantage over 4 Gbps, the latter will be the logical choice," added Dell'Oro. About the Report The Dell'Oro Group 5-Year Forecast Report provides a complete overview of the SAN Fibre Channel industry with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices The average sales price of goods or commodities. Especially used in the retail sector and technology distribution. , and port shipments (by speed 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps, and greater than or equal to 4 Gbps) for Fibre Channel switches Major manufacturers of Fibre Channel switches are: Brocade, Cisco, McData and Qlogic.
About Dell'Oro Group As the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, Dell'Oro Group provides in-depth, objective research and analysis that enable component manufacturers, equipment vendors, and investment firms to make fact-based, strategic decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.DellOro.com. |
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