A Foundation for Private Cloud Storage Networks
Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones are the industry’s most powerful Fibre Channel switching infrastructure, providing the most reliable, scalable, high-performance foundation for private cloud storage and highly virtualized environments. They are designed to increase business agility while providing non-stop access to information and reducing infrastructure and administrative costs.

Networks need to evolve in order to support the growing demands of highly virtualized environments and private cloud architectures. Today, Fibre Channel is the de facto standard for storage networking in the data center. The introduction of Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones with 16 Gbps Fibre Channel extends the life of this robust, reliable, and high-performance technology. This enables organizations to continue leveraging their existing IT investments as they build cloud-optimized networks to solve their most difficult business challenges.

Additional highlights include:

• Unleashes the full potential of private cloud storage with unmatched scalability, performance, and reliability
• Enables simpler, flatter, low-latency chassis connectivity to reduce network complexity, management, and costs
• Optimizes data center connectivity over distance with integrated high-performance metro and global connectivity
• Simplifies and centralizes end-to-end Storage Area Network (SAN) management with comprehensive diagnostics, monitoring, and automation
• Maximizes performance for I/O- and bandwidth-intensive applications with more than seven times the performance of competitive offerings
• Protects investments in existing SAN fabrics and automation tools while reducing operational costs and minimizing business disruption