Intel® Ethernet Server Adapters Deliver Excellent Results for SANs
Executive Summary
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapters offer compelling value to IT organizations because they are designed to meet the growing requirements for server connectivity to storage area networks (SANs). This paper examines some of the trends and the standards-based technologies.
Next, the paper demonstrates key performance-oriented features of Intel Ethernet Server Adapters, such as the use of operating system (OS)-native iSCSI initiators and hardware-based acceleration.
Finally, the paper introduces the outstanding throughput that Intel has achieved using this hardware without the expense and complexity of proprietary iSCSI offoads. In sum, the paper demonstrates how using Intel Ethernet Server Adapters for iSCSI presents a superior solution over proprietary solutions.
Overview
Data-driven business operations and regulatory data-retention requirements have driven up data-storage needs among businesses of all sizes, making SANs a standard component of IT infrastructures. In particular, virtualized servers benefit dramatically from SAN functionality, in areas such as virtual machine (VM) storage and live migration. Using iSCSI to transmit block-level storage commands over Ethernet networks adds benefits in terms of cost and simplicity, and Intel is committed to providing the most advanced solutions in the industry for iSCSI and other unified networking technologies.
Intel is the industry’s leading supplier of Ethernet adapters, and the broad product line of Intel Ethernet Server Adapters provides the state of the art in simple, reliable, cost-effective iSCSI connectivity. Optimizations for the native iSCSI support provided by the OS help ensure stability and simplicity by eliminating the need for proprietary hardware and software. At the same time, hardware-based acceleration features speed iSCSI traffc, and assists in the Ethernet controller increase throughput in virtualized servers.
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Intel® Ethernet Server Adapters Deliver Excellent Results for SANs
Executive Summary
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapters offer compelling value to IT organizations because they are designed to meet the growing requirements for server connectivity to storage area networks (SANs). This paper examines some of the trends and the standards-based technologies.
Next, the paper demonstrates key performance-oriented features of Intel Ethernet Server Adapters, such as the use of operating system (OS)-native iSCSI initiators and hardware-based acceleration.
Finally, the paper introduces the outstanding throughput that Intel has achieved using this hardware without the expense and complexity of proprietary iSCSI offoads. In sum, the paper demonstrates how using Intel Ethernet Server Adapters for iSCSI presents a superior solution over proprietary solutions.
Overview
Data-driven business operations and regulatory data-retention requirements have driven up data-storage needs among businesses of all sizes, making SANs a standard component of IT infrastructures. In particular, virtualized servers benefit dramatically from SAN functionality, in areas such as virtual machine (VM) storage and live migration. Using iSCSI to transmit block-level storage commands over Ethernet networks adds benefits in terms of cost and simplicity, and Intel is committed to providing the most advanced solutions in the industry for iSCSI and other unified networking technologies.
Intel is the industry’s leading supplier of Ethernet adapters, and the broad product line of Intel Ethernet Server Adapters provides the state of the art in simple, reliable, cost-effective iSCSI connectivity. Optimizations for the native iSCSI support provided by the OS help ensure stability and simplicity by eliminating the need for proprietary hardware and software. At the same time, hardware-based acceleration features speed iSCSI traffc, and assists in the Ethernet controller increase throughput in virtualized servers.
Read the full Intel® Ethernet Server Adapters Deliver Excellent Results for SANs White Paper.
