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IP Storage Panel: SDN’s Killer App



Tech Field Day Extra at ONUG Spring 2014


This Panel date is May 5, 2014 at 14:45-15:30.

Moderator: Stephen Foskett
Guests: Chris Gladwin, Eric Hanselman, Harmen Van der Linde, Jeff Flowers

With the evolution of storage from centralized disk arrays with dedicated Fiber Channel SANs towards distributed software-based storage architectures, IP/Ethernet networking is becoming an integral component of new evolving scale-out storage. Due to the sensitivity to latency and packet drops, storage traffic places new demands on Ethernet/IP networking, which need to be addressed by new network architectures and enhanced operations, covering areas like bandwidth management, traffic flow monitoring, and resiliency. New advanced networking capabilities, introduced by SDN and open networking, have the potential to address some of these new storage networking requirements, which is still an evolving area. During this panel discussion the impact of emerging storage solutions on IP/Ethernet networking will be covered, both from an end-user and storage vendor perspective. After providing an overview of the evolution of storage technologies, end-user requirements are being discussed, addressing the concerns, design, and architecture choices for building reliable and scalable IP-based storage networking solutions. Senior executives of two new IP storage startups will discuss how their solution is changing the deployment of cost-effective storage while leveraging IP/Ethernet networking.

Panel Lineup

  • Stephen Foskett, Moderator
  • Harmen Van der Linde, Citigroup
  • Eric Hanselman, 451 Group Analyst
  • Chris Gladwin, Cleversafe
  • Jeff Flowers, SageCloud

Session Format

  1. Panel kick off (Stephen Foskett) Reasons for covering storage topic at networking conference
  2. Brief storage market overview (Eric Hanselman) Todays’ storage networking options (SAN, NAS, DAS) and trends/evolution to Ethernet storage networking (FCoE, iSCSI)
  3. Brief overview of user requirements/perspectives for storage networking (Harmen Van der Linde) Impacts of storage on networking; bandwidth, resiliency requirements, etc. and levering SDN/open networking for optimized storage networking
  4. Emerging storage vendor’s view on storage networking – Brief overview of emerging storage solution and description/perspectives on how storage solution leverages/impacts Ethernet/IP networking
  5. Joint panel discussion and audience questions



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