Mellanox Showcases Support for Commodity Server-Based Virtual Storage Appliance at VMworld 2008.Mellanox ConnectX EN Delivers Virtualized and Consolidated I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output Backbone for Efficiently Clustering VMware ESX Servers to Deliver High-Performance and Cost-effective Virtual Storage Appliance Deployments LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- Mellanox[R] Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MLNX) (TASE TASE Tel Aviv Stock Exchange TASE The All Seeing Eye TASE Tactical Air Support Element TASE Thrust Assessment Support Environment TASE Telecontrol Application Service Elements (IEC communications protocol) :MLNX), a leading supplier of semiconductor-based server and storage interconnect products, today announced that at VMworld 2008 it will be demonstrating a green data center solution composed of virtualized server and SAN using its leading ConnectX[R] EN 10GigE NIC (1) (Network Interface Card) See network adapter. See also InterNIC. (2) (New Internet Computer) An earlier Linux-based computer from The New Internet Computer Company (NICC), Palo Alto, CA. adapter. The demonstration will include VMware Infrastructure 3 and the LeftHand Networks[R] Virtual SAN Appliance (VSA VSA (in New Zealand) Voluntary Service Abroad [TM]) running on cost-effective and low power V Series Blade Servers from MDS MDS, n See temporomandibular pain-dysfunction syndrome. MDS 1 Maternal deprivation syndrome, see there 2 Myelodysplastic syndrome, see there Micro. ConnectX EN delivers wire-speed performance for VMware ESX See VMware. through MDS Micro servers, enabling higher performing SAN appliances using commodity servers. "When the priorities are cost control, environmental responsibility, higher utilization, and openness rather than proprietary technology, MDS Micro V Series Blade Servers with VMware ESX and LeftHand Networks VSA deliver a well-orchestrated solution that IT managers cannot afford to ignore," said Wayne Augsburger, vice president of business development at Mellanox Technologies. "Mellanox ConnectX EN supports all features needed for the virtualized and unified data center fabric, and delivers the high-performance I/O fabric to connect and complement this value chain." "The Virtual SAN Appliance solution uses the I/O fabric to cluster together multiple VMware ESX hosts to transform existing server storage capacity into a virtual storage system," said Raju Bopardikar, chief technology officer, LeftHand Networks. "The Mellanox demonstration showcases how ConnectX EN delivers the I/O features and performance required for clustering to enable the Virtual SAN Appliance to be on par with performance levels in proprietary and expensive SAN solutions, while significantly reducing cost and power consumption." "MDS Micro's leading family of V Series Blade Servers include cost-effective and high-performance Mellanox Connect EN 10GigE adapters as a 'LAN on Motherboard' (LOM (1) (LAN On Motherboard) Refers to building the Ethernet circuits directly on the motherboard rather than requiring that a separate network adapter be plugged in. (2) (Lights Out Management) See lights out server room. ) or mezzanine card," said Karriem Adams, vice president of sales at MDS Micro. "Coupling that with VMware ESX and the LeftHand Networks VSA results in a holistic, end-to-end green data center solution of which we are very proud." "Mellanox has been an active and consistent participant in the VMware Community Source Program, IOVP and VMware ESX DDK DDK Driver Development Kit (Microsoft driver development) DDK Device Driver Kit DDK Democratic Movement of Kyrgyzstan DDK Droid Developer Kit DDK Device Development Kit programs, leading to interoperability of its I/O adapter products with the VMware platform," said Shekar Ayyar, vice president of infrastructure alliances at VMware. "We are pleased to see Mellanox I/O solutions complementing VMware Infrastructure to make VMware software the ideal delivery platform for cost-effective virtual appliance solutions." ConnectX EN is a highly integrated Ethernet product incorporating many of the physical layer technologies to provide a cost-optimized and power-optimized solution. ConnectX EN supports not only virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. acceleration features like NetQueue and SR-IOV but also supports some of the new I/O consolidation Ethernet features like Data Center Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE). Visit Mellanox at VMworld 2008, Las Vegas, September 15-18, 2008 During exhibition hours, Mellanox (Booth #1139) will be demonstrating VMware ESX, MDS Micro V Series Blade Servers, and LeftHand Networks VSA as a combined green and cost-effective virtual data center solution. About LeftHand Networks: Founded in 1999, LeftHand Networks pioneered IP-based storage area networks (SANs). SANs built using LeftHand's SAN/iQ[R] software are uniquely able to distribute and protect data across a cluster of industry-standard storage servers. The company's patented architecture increases data availability, allows users to start small and grow the SAN seamlessly, and simplifies management. The LeftHand SAN is ideal for storage and server consolidation, multi-site SANs, and disaster recovery. LeftHand SANs are available in the U.S., Canada and throughout Europe. For more information, contact LeftHand at info@lefthandnetworks.com. About MDS Micro: MDS Micro manufactures enterprise-class blade server solutions built specifically to address key bottleneck issues generally seen within virtualization intensive environments. MDS vSERIES(TM) servers offers industry-leading performance and computing density fully optimized for a wide array of mission-critical and compute-intensive virtualized environments. Please visit us at www.mdsmicro.com. About Mellanox Mellanox Technologies is a leading supplier of semiconductor-based, interconnect products to world-class server, storage, and infrastructure OEMs servicing Fortune 500 data centers, the world's most powerful supercomputers, and mission critical embedded applications. The company's Virtual Protocol Interconnect[TM] (VPI VPI Voice Print International (Camarillo, CA) VPI Virtual Path Identifier (used in Asynchronous Transfer Mode) VPI Virginia Polytechnic Institute (aka Virginia Tech) ) enables standard communication protocols to operate over any converged network (InfiniBand, Ethernet, Data Center Ethernet) with the same software solution. Utilizing proven networking, clustering, storage, virtualization and RDMA (Remote Direct Memory Access) A communications protocol that provides transmission of data from the memory of one computer to the memory of another without involving the CPU. InfiniBand, Virtual Interface (VI) and RDMA Over IP are all forms of RDMA. acceleration engines, VPI optimizes application performance, power consumption, workload agility, and total system efficiency while future-proofing IT infrastructure. Founded in 1999, Mellanox Technologies is headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. and Yokneam, Israel. For more information, visit Mellanox at www.mellanox.com. |
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