Building High Availability Enterprise SANs- Fibre Channel Directors vs Fibre Cha

This paper provides insight into the market requirements for high availability (HA) SAN fabrics. It then compares and contrasts HA Fibre Channel switch fabrics versus Fibre Channel directors. The purpose is to provide a general how and when to choose guideline. The key criteria will include cost of downtime, port count, Quality of Connection (QoC), and SAN complexity.