New storage networking standards such as iSCSI and Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) will make vendor selection more difficult. The storage networks are becoming increasingly intelligent and robust in order to handle a broader range of customer price requirements, as well as availability. Customers will need to make some hard decisions about the best way to move forward with storage network deployments. It is clear that storage networking will soon no longer be delegated to the bastion of the data center, but will be flexibly deployed in various parts of the business.”]
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