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InfiniBand – Accelerating Applications in the
Data Center
InfiniBand is a standards based technology
1. Performance Improvement – 4 axis
– Low Latency from RDMA
– Improved Throughput
– Message Rate
– Lower CPU utilization for network transmission
2. Multi-Fabric IO and Flexibility (CapEx & OpEx reduction
benefit)
– Inter-processor communication, Ethernet and Fibre-
Channel traffic can all go over 1-wire
3. Low cost 10G solution
– Copper based solution; << $1000 - $1500 per port
including switch port, HCA and cable
Broad spectrum of support
Rack and Blade Servers (PCI-X, PCIe)
Major processors (Intel, AMD, IBM-PPC, Sun-Sparc)
Operating Systems (Linux, Windows, Solaris, HP-UX)
Storage & SAN (EMC, HDS, IBM, Cisco, Brocade,
Multipathing support)
LAN / Routed
Intranet
FC
Storage
Catalyst
Switch
SFS 3012
SFS
7008/12/24
SFS 7000
Servers
MDS
Switch
SAN
IB
IB
FC
GE
IB
LEAF
CORE
IO
Management
GE
NAS
Web
Clients
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