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Infiniband Architecture
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ALSO CALLED: I/O Architecture, System IO, IO Architecture, Infiniband, and System I/O
DEFINITION: InfiniBand is an architecture and specification for data flow between processors and I/O devices that promises greater bandwidth and almost unlimited expandability in tomorrow's computer systems. In the next few years, InfiniBand is expected to gradually replace the existing Peripheral
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Importance of Unified I/O in VMware® ESX Servers
| sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
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Unified I/O in VMware ESX servers deliver many cost and power savings advantages.
Posted: 02 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
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Hot Spots: Tap Virtual Servers, Storage for All They're Worth
| sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE:
I/O obstacles could throw a monkey wrench into virtual server environments, but there are alternatives to traditional methods.
Posted: 26 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
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InfiniBand Software and Protocols Enable Seamless Off-the-shelf Applications Deployment
| sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
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The focus of this article is to discuss what application developers need to know to enable their IP, SCSI, iSCSI, sockets or file system based applications to operate over InfiniBand.
Posted: 04 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007
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InfiniBand for Storage Applications
| sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
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InfiniBand defines an industry-standard implementation of remote direct memory access, protocols and kernel bypass to minimize CPU overhead allowing computing resources to be fully used on application processing rather than network communication.
Posted: 04 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007
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How to Reduce Power and Cooling Costs While Boosting Server Performance
| sponsored by Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
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I/O technology plays a key role in meeting many of the spending drivers - provisioning capacity for future growth, efficient scaling of compute, LAN and SAN capacity helping reduce TCO and doing so while enhancing data center agility.
Posted: 03 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
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Server and Storage Power/Cooling Trends
| sponsored by IBM
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Download this white paper to learn more about the current and future power, cooling and I/O demands that IT equipment will place on their existing or planned data center infrastructure.
Posted: 20 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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New Connections: SAS and iSCSI HBAs
| sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE:
New server-to-storage host bus adapters offer significant performance gains, but there are some pitfalls to avoid.
Posted: 12 Apr 2007 | Published: 01 Apr 2007
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Enabling NAS Clusters: The Silicon Storage Appliance
| sponsored by DataDirect Networks
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Managing a high volume of servers is difficult and time consuming. Imagine scaling as fast as you need without expensive re-architecting. Discover a next-level solution that enables large-scale shared data clusters via an integrated SAN and...
Posted: 16 Jan 2007 | Published: 01 Jul 2006
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The Reality Gap: How SAN Hype Ignores Real Customer Needs
| sponsored by Vixel
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It's often hard to distinguish fact from fiction with SANs.
Posted: 16 Jun 2003 | Published: 01 Jan 2002
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INFINIBAND ARCHITECTURE DEFINITION (continued): … Component Interconnect ( PCI) shared- bus approach used in most of today's personal computers and servers. Offering throughput of up to 2.5 gigabytes per second and support for up to 64,000 addressable devices, the architecture also promises increased reliability, better sharing of data between clustered processors, and built-in security. InfiniBand is the result of merging two competing designs, Future I/O, developed by Compaq, IBM, and Hewlett-Packard, with … Infiniband Architecture definition sponsored by SearchStorage.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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