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| "leading the way to
the new storage frontier" | |
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fiber optic to electronic converters / transceivers
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
from Megabyte's
storage dictionary | |
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| Back in 2000 - GBICs 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. |
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Megabyte knew just the right tool
for
getting these little suckers in tight. | |
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Who are the
top SSD companies?
the companies which you absolutely
have to look at
if you've got any new
projects involving SSDs |
| the Top SSD Companies -
Q4 2014 | | |
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