When it comes to Storage Area Networks (SAN) currently the dominant standard is Fibre Channel (FC).  FC has the added complexity of having to manage an additional networking infrastructure for storage.  The alternative of iSCSI exists that allows customers to cut costs and ease management but the performance just isn’t there.  For less demanding workloads iSCSI can fill the gap between NAS and FC SANs.  Prior to the introduction of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) in June of 2009 FC was your only option for high bandwidth applications.  FCoE provides the benefits of FC combined with the simp