Fibre channel, also written, fc is a technology that defines how data should be transmitted serially over copper and fiber optic media, fast and with low latency, from one node to another. Like any communications protocol, this one also uses a layered architecture. Fibre Channel is primarily used to connect computer data storage to servers in storage area networks (SAN) in commercial data centers. It supports data backup and replication. Fibre Channel is needed, as it is very flexible and enables the. A study launched in 2017 by Europacable has found that fibre is the most energy efficient technology for broadband access networks, compared with DSL, xDSL, vectoring and DOCSIS.