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SAN & Data Networking | HPC Networking

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Fibre Channel HBAs
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The 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter of Choice in MS-Exchange Environment
QLogic’s 8Gb Adapters Outperform Emulex - QLogic Offers Best Performance and Scalability of MS Exchange Workloads
The 8Gb Fibre Channel of Choice in Oracle® Environments
QLogic’s 8Gb Adapters Outperform Emulex® - QLogic’s IOPS Up to 47 Percent Higher with Oracle Workloads
QLogic 2500 Series FC HBAs Accelerate Application Performance
QLogic 8Gb HBAs: “Planning for Future Requirements” - 8Gb Performance Meets the Needs of Next Generation Data Centers
QLogic 2500 Series 8Gb FC HBAs Offer Performance Benefits
QLogic 8Gb HBAs: “The Best in Class” - 8Gb Performance Exceeds the Requirements of Next Generation Data Centers
8Gb Power Optimized Solution Lowers Data Center Power and Cooling Costs
QLogic’s “Better 8Gb” Enables Power Optimized SANs - StarPower™ Technologies Reduce TCO
8Gb HBA Management Optimized for the Virtualized Data Center
QLogic’s “Better 8Gb” is Management Optimized - Delivering Improved TCO with Comprehensive HBA Management
8Gb Delivers Enhanced Storage Area Network Data Security
QLogic’s “Better 8Gb” is Security Optimized - Expanded Access Control and Data Integrity in Fibre Channel (FC) SANs
8Gb FC Optimized for Virtualized SAN Environments
QLogic’s “Better 8Gb” is Virtualization Optimized Simplified SAN Device Management and Enhanced Storage I/O Performance
8Gb RAS Optimized Solutions Extend Data Center Business Continuity
Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) Optimized - SAN Administrators Can Offer Improved Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
HBA of Choice for Windows® Environments
QLogic Fibre Channel (FC) Solutions - #1 Choice for Mission-Critical Applications in Enterprise Data Centers
Dynamics Demanding Transformation in Data Centers
8Gb Fibre Channel – A Step Up in Business Services - Optimized to Exceed the Business Requirements of Next Generation Data Center
Increasing FC HBA Ports in Virtualized Servers Accelerates Application Performance
Enabling Denser Server Consolidation in VMware® Environments - Reduces Total Cost of Ownership
QLogic FC HBA in EMC Environments
Best Practices Guide
HBA Virtualization Technologies for Windows OS Environments
FC HBA Virtualization - Keeping Pace with Virtualized Data Centers
HBA of Choice for Solaris Environments
QLogic Solaris FC HBAs - #1 in Enterprise Solaris Applications
Impact of HBA Performance on Server Virtualization
QLogic HBAs Reduce Datacenter Costs Through Higher Performance Scalability in VMware® Environments
Choosing HBAs for Linux Environments
QLogic Linux FC HBAs – The #1 Choice for Mission-Critical Applications in Enterprise Datacenters
Optimized IO Solutions to Maximize Blade Server ROI
Blade Server IO Solutions - Higher Performance, Reduced Costs
Benefits of 4Gb HBAs in 2Gb SANs
Benefits of deploying QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel (FC) HBAs in 2Gb SAN Environments
The 4Gb HBA of Choice in Oracle Environments
QLogic vs. Emulex 4Gb Fibre Channel HBA Performance Benchmarking with Oracle Workloads
4Gb HBA Leadership in Windows SANs
QLogic vs. Emulex 4Gb Fibre Channel (FC) HBA Performance in Windows Environment
Scalability in MS-Exchange
4Gb Fibre Channel HBA Performance Benchmarking
Scaling SAN Throughput Using 4Gb-per-second HBAs
Anayzing Enterprise SAN Performance
11 Reasons to Choose QLogic FC HBAs over Emulex
QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel (FC) HBAs Outperform Emulex in Performance, Scalability and Reliability
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Fibre Channel Switches
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Architecture in Action -- Building SANs with Stacks
Extending the SAN Beyond the Data Center

QLogic ISL Trunking
Full-speed, Automatic Traffic Management at the Heart of the SAN

Architecting SANs for Successful Deployment
Consolidating storage, Improving Backup and Recovery, and Maintaining Data Center

Building Open SANs with Multi-switch Fabrics
FC-SW-2 E_Port Standards Come of Age

Configuration Wizards
Simplifying SAN Configuration and Promoting Best Practices for Stable Environments

Simplifying SAN Administration Through Host-Based Wizards
Analyzing SANs in Small to Medium Businesses

Improving SAN ROI Through Stackable Switches
Analyzing SANs in Small to Medium Businesses

Simplifying SAN Scalability Through Stackable Switches
Analyzing SANs in Small to Medium Businesses

Benefits & Methods of SAN Extension Using QLogic Switches & Routers
Simple Cost-Effective SAN Extension

Technology Refresh Migration Path
The Seamless Migration Path to New Technology

SAN Infrastructure for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
QLogic Fault-Tolerant SAN Architecture and Backup/Recovery Solution

Network Traffic Engineering Guidelines for Fibre Channel Switches
Optimizing Performance When Designing Highly Scalable SAN Solutions: Guidelines for SAN Architects

Reducing TCO with SAN Consolidation
SAN Consolidation Lowers Storage Total Cost of Ownership Through QLogic’s Economy of Scale

Best Practices in SAN Migration
SANbox® 9000 Series - Nick Demaria - QLogic Solutions Architect

I/O StreamguardTM
Providing Uninterrupted Data Flow in Sequential Data Applications
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iSCSI HBAs
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iSCSI Boot
Reducing IT Costs and Increasing Data Availability

11 Reasons to Choose QLogic iSCSI HBAs Over Software Initiators and TOE
iSCSI Offload HBAs Offer Superior Data Protection, Higher Performance, and Greater Manageability
 
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Converged Network Adapters
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Ethernet: The Drive for Convergence
Converged I/O Solutions - FCoE Solutions Provider

FCoE Business Benefits
An evolutionary path to network convergence
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Intelligent Storage Routers
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Multi-Protocol SAN Connectivity for Hitachi’s Modular Storage Arrays
Flexible Connectivity iSCSi to FC - Low-cost Host SAN Connections
The Competitive Advantages of Energy Savings
QLogic Complete Fabric Solutions - Going Beyond Dollars per Kilowatt
Scaling the IBM System Storage DS4000 Connectivity on VMware
QLogic Intellegent Storage Routers - Scaling Storage Virtualization Simplified
Low-Cost Connectivity for IBM System Storage DS4000 Series
QLogic Intellegent Storage Routers - Integrated Business Solution

Scaling SAN Connectivity on VMware
SANbox Intelligent Storage Routers - Scaling Storage Virtualization Simplified

Integrating SAN Fabrics via N_Port Bridging
Kindergarten for SANs - A Story in Playing Nice

Extending SAN Connectivity for Engenio Arrays
SANbox 6142 Intelligent Storage Router - Simplifying Fast SAN over WAN Connectivity

Double the ROI of your EVA with iSCSI
HP EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option - Providing High Availability Storage

Extending the SAN for SANbox 9000 Core Switches
QLogic Intellegent Storage Routers - Extending the SAN Beyond the Data Center

QLogic Enables End-to-End Virtualization
Continuous Innovation and Leadership - Enabling End-to-End Virtualization

SmartWrite — Accelerating SAN-over-WAN Performance
Enables Fast SAN-over-WAN - Implementation and Cost Control

QLogic Enables WAN File Sharing
QLogic Intellegent Storage Routers

QLogic Unifies the SAN with iSCSI Routers
QLogic Intellegent Storage Routers - Integrating iSCSI Servers and Storage into the FC SAN Environment

Connecting Low-Cost Servers to SAN
QLogic Intellegent Storage Routers - Integrated Business Solution
 

 

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