SFP (small form-factor pluggable) - Term Description

What is: SFP (small form-factor pluggable)

Description:
A technology that provides the same functionality as a regular GBIC, but in a smaller and denser physical size. The technology is used in network switches for Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, and Infinband. The newer generation of SFPs operates at faster data transfer rates of 2.5 Gbps and more.

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Category: S


S-AIT (Sony Advanced Intelligent Tape)	SAN (storage area network)	SANmark
SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SATA)	SBus	scheduled backup
SCSI	secondary port	sector
Serial ATA	serial attached SCSI	server
serverless backup	SFP (small form-factor pluggable)	SGNP (secure grid naming protocol)
Shortcuts	SLR	SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association)
soft sector	SPARC (Scalable Processor ARChitecture)	SPC (Storage Performance Council)
SRAM (static random access memory)	SRM (storage resource management)	SSD (solid state disk)
SSF (Supported Solutions Forum)	SSP (storage service provider)	storage capacity
storage density	storage location	Storage Medium
Strings	SuperDLT	Super DLTtape
Syntax	system backup