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Nibble Re: GBICs etc
GBIC = GigaBit Interface Converter:- an interface module which converts the light stream from a fibre channel cable into electronic signals for use by the network interface card.

SFP = Small Form-factor Pluggable (GBIC) provides the same functionality as a regular GBIC but in a smaller and denser physical size. It's used in network switches for Fibre-channel, Gigabit Ethernet and Infinband. The newer generation of SFPs operates at faster data transfer rates of 2.5 Gbps and above.

XFP = 10-Gigabit Small Form-factor Pluggable Module

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Editor's comments:- re GBICs
Back in 2000 - this was a hot market for advertisers because the profit margins on these products were high.

Below is a banner ad related to this subject (and from that era) from a European distributor called Selectronix.
Selectronix GBIC banner ad circa 2000 which ran on StorageSearch.com
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ssd specs article Can You Trust Flash SSD Specs & Benchmarks?
Sadly no! - Many published benchmarks for flash SSD are about as reliable as bank valuations of Collateralized Loan Obligations (just before the onset of the Credit Crunch).
There are many intrinsic technical reasons why you can't believe most published benchmarks for flash SSDs (whether done by magazines or vendors) and why even the tests you carefully do yourself don't give reliable results which correlate with how the SSD will perform in real-life applications.

We warned you of it this problem here on StorageSearch.com - and now other publications and vendors are starting to take it seriously too. ...read the article
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