The SAN equipment market is poised for strong growth, fueled by Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), according to Infonetics Research.
At Interop Las Vegas, Extreme Networks announced scalable 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) network switch upgrades. .
Introduced at Interop Las Vegas 2010, Mellanox says the patent-pending QSA provides connectivity to enable easy deployment of 40G InfiniBand or Ethernet technologies while maintaining connectivity to current infrastructures.
The end-to-end converged data center demonstration showcases a live setup of server virtualization and I/O consolidation over a converged fabric.
The company's 10GBASE-T uplink module (SMC10BTMOD) will enable dual 10G uplink capabilities and non-blocking stacking on the company's TigerStack 1000 26- and 50-port SMC89-series managed switches.
Mellanox adapters supporting the IBTA RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) specification will support Infiniband-quality latency over Ethernet, enabling more robust data center applications.
The company is betting that better economics will drive greater adoption of 40 Gigabit Ethernet vs.100 GbE to meet growing bandwidth needs in data center networks.
By MATT VINCENT, Senior Editor -- Mellanox Technologies (NASDAQ:MLNX) has rolled out its 2nd generation of InfiniBand switches--as well as a proprietary cabling package--to support more users in the data center, networking and management, and server and storage channels.
The 24-fiber cord with MTP connectivity enables upgrades from 10 to 40 to 100G.
Low latency and 10G speeds enable quicker, more profitable trades for financial-services users.
