Differences between FC-SAN and IP-SAN
FC-SAN |
IP-SAN |
SCSI-III Protocol for data access |
NFS/CIFS Protocol for data access |
Block Access |
File access |
Fiber Channel Network |
Gigabit Ethernet Network |
Volume manager using server OS/ Middleware on the server |
Volume manager on the storage |
File-system using server OS/ Middleware on the server |
File-system on the storage |
RAID on storage |
RAID on the storage |
Only hardware Sharing |
Hardware and Data Sharing |
Use HBA to connect from the server |
Use NIC to connect from the server |
Wire Speed 100 - 200 MB/Sec/HBA |
Wire Speed 125 MB/sec/HBA |