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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
from Megabyte's
storage dictionary |
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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. |
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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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