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ALSO CALLED: Adapter, Adapters (Hardware), HBA, 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 disk subsystems are sometimes referred to as a disk  … 
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Best Practices for Implementing a Data Warehouse on Oracle Exadata Database Machine
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WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses a Grid reference configuration based on Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers and Dell EqualLogic™ iSCSI storage. This Grid implementation is comprised of the physical Grid based on physical servers and the virtual Grid based upon Oracle virtual machines.
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Business Class Servers for a PC Budget - New analyst report
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Considerations for Deploying Deduplication in a Small Business Environment
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VIDEO: Discover how Iland utilized PowerEdge C6105 servers to solve their space, energy and computing power challenges in their data center.
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Integrating Desktop Virtualization into Your Cloud Strategy
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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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