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StorONE has introduced what it claims is the first storage platform to enable connectivity between standard mechanical hard disk drives (HDD) and flash drives over NVMe-over Fabric (NVMe-oF) infrastructures, which it says can reduce the cost of an NVMe solution by tenfold or more. Storage arrays have traditionally been separated by drive make. You have all-flash arrays and all-hard-disk arrays but not a mix of the two. Typical operation is to put “hot” data, or…

Written by Vasanta Rao, Technical Marketing Engineer, Transceiver Modules Group (Cisco Optics) Understanding FEC Part 1: The Basics of FEC In part one of this two-part blog post, we review the basics of forward-error correction (FEC). In part two, we will discuss implementation and the impact of FEC on performance. Today’s insatiable demand for bandwidth is pushing network speeds higher and higher. Unfortunately, the faster the data rate, the greater the likelihood of transmission errors….

In collaboration with Dipesh Patel What new demands will our network face in 2025? In this blog series, the Cisco IT networking team will share our vision for the future of our network—and the investments we’re making to get there. Insights and automation will power our future network. Think of it as a circular process: collect data from network infrastructure. Analyze it for insights. Share those insights with teams to help them improve service. Use…

Part 2 of the 3-part Wireless Catalyst 9800 WLC KPIs In the previous blog Wireless Catalyst 9800 WLC KPIs, Part 1 we shared how to check WLC and connections to other devices. In this blog, we will concentrate on Key Performance Indicators for Access Points (AP) and Radio Frequency(RF). I will share approaches and commands to measure the health of the APs and RF. KPIs different buckets or areas: WLC checks, Connection with other devices…

A Cloudflare outage on Tuesday knocked hundreds of websites and services, including Discord, Shopify, Fitbit, Peleton, various cryptocurrency services, and Cloudflare itself, offline for a number of hours. Founded in 2010, Cloudflare is a US-based content delivery network (CDN) that also provides distributed denial-of-service protection to online domains, speed optimization, and various cybersecurity services. The company faced similar issues last week when an outage in the India region caused several services including Discord, Shopify, Canva…