BSD with Fiber

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ottoj

Hi,

Can I install a Fiber Channel using sdi over fiber boxes and the send signal to to clients?
So, I'm sure I'll have to look at the throughput of each stream and figure out how to handle that sort of data flow through fiber channel. But is this a really uncommon situation?

Thanks,
 
ottoj said:
Can I install a Fiber Channel using sdi over fiber boxes and the send signal to to clients?
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These devices are for transporting video signals over a fiber optic cable, so no, you can't use it to transfer Fibre Channel signals. Fibre Channel signals have absolutely nothing in common with video signals.

So, I'm sure I'll have to look at the throughput of each stream and figure out how to handle that sort of data flow through fiber channel.
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Fibre optic cable is not the same as Fibre Channel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre_Channel
 
You want to deploy fiber channel to the client? May I ask what the client is? If its desktops then stay with Ethernet I say. With 10G and 100G available now and getting more commonly used, plus aggregation technologies like LACP you can really give any CPU/OS a run for its money. I'm guessing because you posted here you are running FreeBSD servers. I'm not an expert on what NICs are supported but I would imagine you got a decent slew of options.

Also think this discussion be move to the Neworking section.
 
PacketMan said:
Also think this discussion be move to the Neworking section.
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I'm not even sure any of this is related to FreeBSD. Everything the OP has mentioned makes me believe he's looking for video signal extenders and he just misunderstood the term "fibre channel".
 
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