TechNavio recognizes the following companies as the key players in the Global SAN Switches Market: Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., and QLogic Corp.
Commenting on the report, an analyst from TechNavio’s team said: “FCoE SAN technology is gaining popularity in the data storage environment as it relies on a number of new protocols and new features.. At the same time, FCoE has many advantages over the ethernet. The major change is that FCoE offers far more intelligence and capabilities in terms of access and routing decisions. Hence, FCoE SAN switches are more involved in the network than the basic ethernet switches. Hence, many end-users are adopting FCoE SAN technology to better manage network data traffic and storage across the organizational network.”
According to the report, one of the major factors driving the Global SAN Switch market is the emerging need to reduce storage administration costs. The Global SAN Switch market is driven by the fact that SAN devices offer a significant reduction in the overall network data storage cost. For organizations across the globe, particularly SMEs, the need to reduce the overall cost is a major criterion for adopting storage devices.
Further, the report states that one of the major challenges faced by the market is the high cost of FC SAN solutions. FC SAN solutions, which are the most dominant and efficient of technologies currently available in the Global SAN market, are expensive to implement. Setting up a SAN requires a fiber channel HBA to assist each host that is attached to the SAN and also the appropriate cables to connect all this together. This requires high levels of investment, especially for start-ups and SMEs.
The report also includes a discussion of the other vendors operating in this market. The other vendors in the market are Arista Networks Inc., ATTO Technology Inc., Chelsio Communications Pvt Ltd., Emulex Corp., Intel Corp., IBM Corp., LSI Corp., and Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors. For further information on this report, please visit https://www.technavio.com/content/global-san-switches-market-2012-2016
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TechNavio Announces the Publication of its Research Report -Global SAN Switches Market 2012-2016
