"One Protocol to rule them all, One Protocol to find them,
One Protocol to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."
So I get the concept right... standardization makes things easier. I'm pretty much all for it, but occasionally you have to think why?
PoE - Power over Ethernet
AoE - ATA over Ethernet
iSCSI -
FCoE - Fibre Channel over Ethernet
PPPoE - PPP over Ethernet
I'm sure the list goes on.
Don't get me wrong, I like Ethernet as much as the next man. I'm doing nothing to prevent the spread - the only oE's in that list I don't have in my home are simply because I don't have the spare cash to. But is Ethernet really an effective protocol for all of these things?
I guess we're trading potential performance gains for reduced training costs / faster up skill-ing. It even makes sense as we add so many layers by abstracting everything. But imagine what could have been......
At this point I would go make myself a coffee, but the Power over Token Ring kettle is waiting for it's turn and my wife won't let the heater release the token.