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Host Adapters

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ALSO CALLED: Adapter, Adapters (Hardware), HBA, and Host Bus Adapters
DEFINITION: A host bus adapter (HBA) is a circuit board and/or integrated circuit adapter that provides input/output (I/O) processing and physical connectivity between a server and a storage device. Because the HBA relieves the host microprocessor of both data storage and retrieval tasks, it can improve the server's performance time. An HBA and its associated  … 
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Recent Vendor Reports on Host Adapters
Is iSCSI Good Enough?
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: IP SAN adoption is growing among users who want storage that's easy to install, configure and manage, and also comes at a price considerably less than that of Fibre Channel (FC) SANs.
Posted: 23 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
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TOPICS:  10 Gigabit Ethernet | Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | Host Adapters | IP SAN | iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | TCP/IP Offload Engine
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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TOPICS:  Fibre Channel SAN | Host Adapters | Infiniband Architecture | Server Virtualization | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Provisioning | Storage Virtualization
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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TOPICS:  Host Adapters | Infiniband Architecture | iSCSI SAN | Network Interface Cards | SCSI Devices | Vendor Selection
Unsnarl Port Traffic
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: You'll need to juggle the right number of ports on your switches and arrays to maximize performance and reduce the management complexity of your applications.
Posted: 12 Apr 2007 | Published: 01 Apr 2007
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TOPICS:  Host Adapters | Storage Capacity | Storage Switches | Storage Systems
Integrating iSCSI and FC Storage
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: There are five basic ways to bring iSCSI to a Fibre Channel SAN, each with its own benefits, shortcomings and "best-fit" environments.
Posted: 15 Feb 2007 | Published: 01 Feb 2007
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TOPICS:  Fibre Channel | Fibre Channel SAN | Fibre Channel Switches | Host Adapters | iSCSI Protocol | iSCSI SAN | TCP/IP Offload Engine
HBAs Go Virtual
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: N_Port ID Virtualization, a new HBA feature, lets you assign different WWNs to each virtual server and determine which applications run on specific hardware and even when they run.
Posted: 13 Nov 2006 | Published: 01 Nov 2006
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TOPICS:  Fibre Channel Switches | Host Adapters | Storage Management Software | Storage Virtualization
The Reinvention of Small & Medum Business Market Segment Storage Models
sponsored by Emulex Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper shows how the escalating needs for the SMB markets are driving a new approach to the existing storage model.
Posted: 10 Feb 2005 | Published: 25 Jan 2005
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TOPICS:  Fibre Channel | Host Adapters | iSCSI SAN | OEMs | SMBs
Broadcom RAIDCore BC4852
sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT REVIEW:The Broadcom BC4852 is part of our ATA RAID 2003 benchmark project.
Posted: 22 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
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TOPICS:  Host Adapters | RAID | Storage Controllers
Serial ATA Takes Aim at SCSI
sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT REVIEW:With improved performance, reliability and capacity, Serial ATA RAID controllers are primed to replace SCSI in the workstation and small-server markets.
Posted: 16 Aug 2004 | Published: 26 Jul 2004
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TOPICS:  Host Adapters | RAID | Storage Controllers
Frequently Asked Questions Broadcom's BC4000 Series RAID Controllers
sponsored by Broadcom Corporation
PRODUCT LITERATURE:The BC4000 Series Serial ATA RAID Controllers currently support various Windows versions now and will shortly support Linux.
Posted: 09 Aug 2004 | Published: 01 Aug 2004
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TOPICS:  Host Adapters | RAID | Storage Controllers
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HOST ADAPTERS DEFINITION (continued): … A host bus adapter (HBA) is a circuit board and/or integrated circuit adapter that provides input/output (I/O) processing and physical connectivity between a server and a storage device. Because the HBA relieves the host microprocessor of both data storage and retrieval tasks, it can improve the server's performance time. An HBA and its associated disk subsystems are sometimes referred to as a disk channel.
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