SUPERNOVA BENCHMARK DEMONSTRATES SCALABILITY OF IBM ESERVERS.Emulex Corp. (Nasdaq:EMLX), Costa Mesa, Calif., a supplier of storage networking host bus adapters (HBAs), has announced that the company's virtual interface (VI) host bus adapters enabled a breakthrough TPC-C A benchmark that measures overall transaction processing performance. See TPC. performance benchmark on a cluster of IBM eServer(a) xSeries(b) systems running Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Datacenter(TM) and SQL Server 2000(TM). The record-setting performance was based on the independent TPC-C benchmark, achieving a cost of $22.58(1) per transaction. The IBM eServer xSeries system, code named SuperNova, processed a record 688,220 transactions per minute using a cluster of 32 x370 servers, each powered by eight 900 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Intel(R) Pentium(R)III processors, running Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. 2000 Enterprise Edition with VI support. The 32 servers were interconnected using Emulex's award-winning CL1000 VI host bus adapters and dual CL5300 cluster switches. "The SuperNova benchmark demonstrates the scalability of IBM eServers and validates the ability of IBM's Intel-based systems to meet the data access demands of today's data centers," said Jeff Benck, director, product marketing, IBM eServer xSeries. "The combination of IBM eServers systems and Emulex VI products enable data intensive environments to scale on demand." The VI architecture eliminates typical network limitations such as high system overhead and latency, accelerating application performance and data throughput. As a result, server CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. processing is reduced, enabling higher database performance and support for a greater number of users. "Emulex's VI HBAs and Microsoft SQL Server 2000 create a highly scalable database environment to meet the demands of growing enterprises," said Gordon Mangione, vice president for SQL Server at Microsoft. "Emulex's CL1000 and CL5300 switches provide a robust backbone for scalable SQL Server 2000 environments." "Emulex VI HBAs have once again proven to be the de facto network for database acceleration and scalability -- delivering superior application scalability and performance when combined with SQL Server 2000 and 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) xSeries Servers," said Gareth Taube, senior vice president of Emulex's IP Storage Networking Group. "The TPC-C benchmark demonstrates that Emulex VI products are highly scalable and support today's demanding e-commerce applications, while delivering unsurpassed application performance." The Emulex Family of Host Bus Adapters The Emulex family of HBAs offers high performance, standards-based connectivity solutions for both Fibre Channel and Internet protocol (IP) storage networking environments. Emulex host bus adapters provide a unique combination of features required for mission-critical enterprise environments that deliver reliability, high bandwidth, server CPU offload, low latency and scalable connectivity. The Emulex LightPulse(R) family of Fibre Channel HBAs offers full fabric support, high data integrity, full-duplex operation, data buffering for up to 100km of cabling and support for all Fibre Channel topologies. The Emulex LightPulse family of Fibre Channel products includes the 2Gb/s LP9002L and LP952L, the SBus-based LP8000S and the market-leading LP8000 host bus adapters. The Emulex family of IP-based storage networking host bus adapters includes the recently announced GN9000/SI iSCSI host bus adapter, the GN9000/VI VI/IP host bus adapter, the CL1000 host bus adapter and CL5000/5300 cluster switches. The Emulex GN9000/SI is designed to provide the high performance iSCSI connectivity over gigabit Ethernet for PCI-based systems. The Emulex GN9000/VI VI/IP HBA (Host Bus Adapter) See host adapter. enables network attached storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ) appliances and hosts to exchange file system data over IP networks, while gaining the high throughput, low latency and reduced CPU overhead benefits of the virtual interface (VI) architecture. About Emulex Emulex is a leading supplier and developer of storage and server networking host bus adapters based on both Fibre Channel and IP networking technologies. Storage networks provide data centers with high-speed, scalable and highly available storage access. Server networks enable the creation of high-performance server clusters for database and transaction processing. The Emulex product families are based on internally developed ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. , firmware and software technologies, and offer customers high performance, scalability, flexibility and reduced total cost of ownership. The company's products have been selected by the world's leading server and storage providers, including Compaq, Dell, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , Fujitsu- Siemens, Groupe Bull, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Data Systems See HDS. , IBM, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Network Appliance and Unisys. In addition, Emulex includes industry leaders Brocade, INRANGE, Intel, Legato, McDATA, Microsoft and Veritas among its strategic partners. Emulex markets to OEMs and end users through its own worldwide selling organization, as well as its two-tier distribution partners, including ACAL ACAL Asociación de Archiveros de Castilla Y León (Castille and Leon, Spain) ACAL Academia de Ciencias de América Latina (Spanish: Academy of Sciences of Latin America, Venezuela) , Avnet, Bell Microproducts, Consan, CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center , Info-X, Tech Data, TidalWire and Tokyo Electron. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa. For more information, visit http://www.emulex.com or call 714/513-8152. |
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