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Infiniband Architecture

-- 3 Vendor Reports | 4 Products

ALSO CALLED: I/O Architecture, System IO, IO Architecture, Infiniband, and System I/O
DEFINITION: InfiniBand is a type of communications link for data flow between processors and I/O devices that offers throughput of up to 2.5 gigabytes per second and support for up to 64,000 addressable devices. Because it is also scalable and supports quality of service (QoS) and failover, InfiniBand is often used as a server connect in high-performance  … 
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Recent Vendor Reports on Infiniband Architecture
Hot Spots: Tap Virtual Servers, Storage for All They're Worth
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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
The Reality Gap: How SAN Hype Ignores Real Customer Needs
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WHITE PAPER: It's often hard to distinguish fact from fiction with SANs.
Posted: 16 Jun 2003 | Published: 01 Jan 2002
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TOPICS:  Fibre Channel SAN | Fibre Channel Switches | Infiniband Architecture | Interoperability | iSCSI SAN | QOS | Storage Consolidation | Storage Virtualization
 
INFINIBAND ARCHITECTURE DEFINITION (continued): …  computing (HPC) environments.

The internal data flow system in most PCs and server systems is inflexible and relatively slow. As the amount of data coming into and flowing between components in the computer increases, the existing bus system becomes a bottleneck. Instead of sending data in parallel (typically 32 bits at a time, but in some computers 64 bits) across the backplane bus, InfiniBand specifies a serial (bit-at-a-time) bus. Fewer pins and other electrical connections are required, saving manufacturing cost and improving reliability. … 
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