OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.3, an open-source, transport-independent software stack developed by the OpenFabrics Alliance, will have built-in support for NetEffect’s 1Gb and 10Gb accelerated Ethernet
adapters.
NetEffect, Inc. is a leader in multi-Gb accelerated Ethernet connectivity solutions and a member of the OpenFabrics Alliance, which develops, distributes and promotes a unified, transport-independent, open-source software stack for RDMA-capable fabrics and networks, including InfiniBand and Ethernet. The software stack is developed for many hardware architectures and operating systems, including Linux and Windows. Upper level protocols in the stack support IP
, Sockets, SAN, NAS, Clustered File Systems and Database application environments. In addition, OFA manages interoperability testing of the software stack across many vendor platforms and product types.
The OFED software stack is designed for high-performance computing and enterprise data centers. OFED version 1.3 will seamlessly integrate into NetEffect adapters, achieving the highest performance and power efficiency available in a wide range of applications.
The OFED makes use of the RDMA and transport-offload technologies hardwired into the adapters to provide finest performances like high throughput and low latency in server, storage, and clustering and grid connectivity.
"NetEffect continues to demonstrate its commitment to expanding and accelerating the adoption of RDMA technology, which is so critical in server and storage environments," said Jim Ryan, chairman of the Open Fabrics Alliance, in a
press release. "By integrating support for NetEffect adapters into OFED version 1.3, we're ensuring data centers have access to leading clustering and storage I/O performance over Ethernet networks."
NetEffect founded the OpenFabrics Alliance, an industry consortium developing transport agnostic open source software for RDMA fabric technologies, and developing open source software such as the OFED is an influential strategy for NetEffect in supporting the most demanding applications. Major Linux versions from Novell (
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The NetEffect adapter, with its patented technologies, can reduce overhead for all types of networking traffic. Quality performance is maintained by taking the best out of transport offload and RDMA accelerations. They do not require any application changes. Synchronized support of networking, clustering and storage traffic is handled by a single adapter with a single firmware and OS driver image.
Rick Maule, CEO and president of NetEffect, added that their 1Gb and 10Gb accelerated Ethernet adapters are increasingly the choice of customers in Oil and Gas, CAD/CAE, Financial Services and other industries where performance and power usage is a key issue.
NetEffect’s participation with organizations like the OFA ensure that its customers can readily benefit from the advances in performance and power offered by NetEffect adapters without having to change anything about their existing IT environment.
For more information, visit
www.openfabrics.org and
www.neteffect.com.
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