Lane15 Software and Topspin Communications Showcase the First End-to-End 10Gb/sec Oracle9i RAC Solution; High-performance, On-demand Computing with Central Control.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers OracleWorld Booth 1512 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 2002 Lane15(tm) Software Inc. the leading provider of InfiniBand(R) fabric management software, and Topspin(R) Communications, a leading switched computing solution provider, today announced a demonstration of the world's first end-to-end 10Gb/sec Oracle9i RAC See remote access concentrator. solution in the Intel Pavilion, booth 1512, at OracleWorld Nov. 10-14. In the demonstration, the Lane15 Fabric Manager(tm) and the Topspin 360 Switched Computing System(tm) show unprecedented price/performance for an Oracle9i RAC solution running on an InfiniBand fabric. The Topspin 360 Switched Computing System provides the intelligent interconnect for the InfiniBand cluster, and transparently interconnects the cluster's Fibre Channel storage and Ethernet clients. The Lane15 Fabric Manager provides the enterprise-ready fabric management software to manage the InfiniBand Oracle(R) Cluster. "InfiniBand fabric connectivity unleashes the throughput and performance of applications on Intel architecture platforms," said Jim Pappas, director of Enterprise Platform Group at Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking . "The demonstration of 10 Gb/sec InfiniBand fabric connectivity on Oracle9i RAC highlights the power of Intel Architecture server cluster solutions for the database arena." In addition to the Lane15 fabric management software and Topspin 360 Switched Computing System, the demonstration uses Mellanox 10Gb/sec InfiniHost(tm) Host Channel Adapter InfiniBand silicon, Intel Xeon processor family servers, and Oracle9i Real Application Clusters. The combined Lane15, Topspin, Mellanox solution boosts performance for familiar Oracle application processing using industry-standard Intel architecture servers. The ability to incrementally scale is enhanced, giving data centers control over system performance, availability, and resources as never before. "Lane15 management software is a crucial enabler of emerging fabric networks for on-demand computing See utility computing. ," said Terry Dickson, vice president of marketing and business development at Lane15 Software. "We see the Topspin solution as a strong product for switched computing tying the disparate datacenter interconnects together. Our software was designed with products like Topspin's in mind; products that are intended to deliver on the flexibility, scalability, and reliability capabilities of the InfiniBand standard." "Topspin is building infrastructure that allows data center managers to intelligently interconnect industry-standard server, storage, and networking building blocks on demand to meet the specific needs of their businesses and applications," said Stu Aaron, vice president of marketing and business development at Topspin Communications Topspin Communications a leading InfiniBand Vendor was acquired by Cisco Systems . "Lane15's management software for InfiniBand is a strong complement to the Topspin solution. Leveraging InfiniBand, the Topspin 360 Switched Computing System offers unprecedented flexibility and scalability to distributed database A database physically stored in two or more computer systems. Although geographically dispersed, a distributed database system manages and controls the entire database as a single collection of data. applications such as Oracle9i RAC." "Mellanox is dedicated to providing superior InfiniBand silicon solutions to the enterprise data center and high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. markets," said Dana Krelle, vice president of marketing for Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. "We are pleased to be part of this first step toward datacenter standardization on the InfiniBand interconnect." "Switched computing offers some extremely compelling benefits to horizontally scaled applications like Oracle. These applications, which have traditionally been limited to proprietary server systems, can now start to scale across standard high-volume server and storage building blocks. The Topspin Switched Computing System is a product that effectively breaks apart the rigid resource boundaries associated with traditional computing models. Coupled with Lane15 fabric management software, we see a complete, end-to-end clustering solution that customers can start using today," said Arun Taneja, senior analyst at The Enterprise Storage Group. About Lane15 Software Inc. Lane15 Software is the leading provider of InfiniBand management software including the industry de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, fabric manager. Lane15 products deliver higher reliability, availability and manageability to enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. center networks. With over 40% of the InfiniBand Specification dedicated to management, Lane15 products provide the fabric management solution that all InfiniBand OEMs require in their products to deliver greater centralized control and computing power on-demand. Lane15 extensible products are designed to allow InfiniBand OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and vendors an easy way to tie into InfiniBand management architecture. Lane15 is an elected Steering Committee member of the InfiniBand Trade Association The InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA) is the standards organization that defines and maintains the InfiniBand specification. It is an industry consortium. The IBTA was established in 1999, and its most prominent members include Cisco, IBM, Intel, Mellanox, QLogic, Sun and (IBTA IBTA InfiniBand Trade Association IBTA Instituto Brasileiro de Tecnologia Avançada IBTA Instituto Boliviano de Tecnologia Agropecuaria IBTA International Business Travel Association IBTA International Business Training Association ) and participates in several working groups including: Management, Compliance and Interoperability, and Marketing. Lane15 is also a member of the Data Access Transport (DAT (1) (Dynamic Address Translator) A hardware circuit that converts a virtual memory address into a real address. See also DAT file. (2) (Digital Audio Tape) A magnetic tape technology used for backing up data. ) Collaborative, The Open Group Interconnect Consortium and other leading standards bodies. Lane15 customers include IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Dell, BMC (BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX, www.bmc.com) A leading supplier of software that supports and improves the availability, performance, and recovery of applications in complex computing environments. , InfiniCon, InfiniSwitch, Intel, JNI (Java Native Interface) A programming interface (API) in Sun's Java Virtual Machine used for calling native platform elements such as GUI routines. RNI (Raw Native Interface) is the JNI counterpart in Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine. JNI - Java Native Interface , RedSwitch and Topspin among other prominent companies. For additional information about Lane15, visit www.lane15.com. About Topspin Communications Topspin is a systems company that provides the foundation for a new computing model enabling industry-standard computing resources to be rapidly deployed to match the dynamic needs of business applications. Topspin delivers a compelling return on investment by improving server and network utilization, promoting resource flexibility, and dramatically reducing equipment and management costs. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Topspin has assembled a first-rate management team and world-class investors, blending together a wealth of experience in the four key technology areas that converge on the enterprise data center--server, storage, networking, and applications. Additional information is available at www.topspin.com or by calling 1-866-TOPSPIN. InfiniBand(R) is a registered trademark and service mark of the InfiniBand Trade Association. All other names and brands are property of their respective owners. |
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