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Article: The economics of large-scale data transfer: the benefits of Fibre Channel and SONET for high-performance, cost-effective data transport through WAN. (Storage Networking).
- Article from:
- Computer Technology Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 2002
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The Internet and IP networks, in general, were designed to provide large-scale interconnection of computers and networks. This goal has been achieved with incredible success. The Internet provides rapid access for millions of client machines to hundreds of thousands of servers (mostly providing HTTP, FTP and email services). Yet, for all of its size and scalability, predictable quality of service (QoS) has continued to elude the Internet. As individual users continue to increase their requirements for wide bandwidth and low-latency interconnections, alternative solutions must be developed that provide higher performance and greater cost efficiency in the movement of large ...