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InfiniBand: An input/output architecture used in high-end computer clusters and storage networks, introduced in 1999. Using switched, point-to-point channels similar to mainframes and also similar to PCI Express (switched version...; Full InfiniBand Definition >>

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Build a 10 Gbit home network for $1100: Create the ultimate gaming supercomputer? You've overclocked, water cooled, matched DIMMs, added 10k drives and the latest 1 GB video card. But so have all your friends. What now? How about a 10 Gig home network for the ultimate gaming supercomputer? In a pricing breakthrough...; Tags: Kit, Network, Home Network, Supercomputer, Adapter, Pricing Strategy, InfiniBand, Networking, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-01-31
NASA gets SGI 2048-core Itanium 2 supercomputer: I had a chance to speak with NASA and SGI at the SC07 supercomputing convention in Reno this week where I saw one of the biggest super computers in the world. Pictured left is a 1024-core version of the Altix 4700 and NASA just bought one with twice as many...; Tags: SGI Altix, Processor, NASA, Supercomputer, Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, Silicon Graphics Inc., SPECint_rate2006, SPECfp_rate2006, UNIX, Processors, InfiniBand, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-11-15
IBM High Performance Computing for AIX Using infiniband: This paper provides an overview and describes the components and performance of an HPC solution for AIX on POWER using InfiniBand as the cluster interconnects. The paper contains performance results for several communication benchmarks running on IBM System p servers with the IBM Host Channel Adapter driving InfiniBand switches, and...; Tags: Performance, IBM AIX, High-performance Computing, IBM Corp., InfiniBand, Performance Management, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2007-10-01
The Sun Customer Ready Scalable Storage Cluster: High Performance Storage for High Performance Computing: Much of the focus of High Performance Computing HPC has traditionally centered on CPU performance. However, as the computing requirements have grown, HPC clusters are demanding increasingly higher rates of aggregate data throughput. Today's clusters feature larger numbers of nodes with increased compute speeds. The higher clock rates and operations...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Storage, High-performance Computing, High-performance, Node, InfiniBand, Networking; White papers 2007-07-01
Cisco High-Performance Computing infiniband and Ethernet Networks and the IBM System Cluster 1350 Lowers Costs, Improves Systems and Halves ROI Period: Cineca is a consortium of 31 universities plus the CNR the National Research Council and the Ministry of University and Research. Cineca has deployed Cisco HPC InfiniBand and Ethernet networks for the HPC cluster and as part of an IBM System Cluster 1350 solution, which includes more than 1,200 BladeCenter...; Tags: Solution, Network, ROI, Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Cineca, InfiniBand, Ethernet, Networking; Case studies 2007-06-26

Comparing Cluster Interconnects: LS-DYNA Performance Benchmarks for Gigabit Ethernet and Cisco Double Data Rate infiniband: The ability of a high-performance cluster HPC to positively affect application performance is one of the most important factors to consider in selecting a switching fabric type and interconnect. Though the characteristics of an application affect performance results, one also should consider node configuration, interconnect and switching fabric type and...; Tags: Performance, Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc., Analysis, InfiniBand, Ethernet, Performance Management, Network Technology, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2007-04-17
Ethernet piggybacks on infiniband chip: Ethernet piggybacks on InfiniBand chip20 Gigabit/s? Let's first have 10 gigas!I can't really see the interest of a 20 Gbit/s bandwidth over a standard 10 Gbit/s. Let's first have the standard implemented, and its cost will dramatically lower.For most devices, only 100 megabit:s is available with standard Ethernet cables, and...; Tags: Network technology, chip, GB/s, Gigabit/s, Ethernet, InfiniBand; Discussion threads 2007-03-31
I/O Virtualization Using Mellanox infiniband and Channel I/O Virtualization (CIOV) Technology: When a physical server is virtualized, it results in multiple logical servers. Each logical server comprises a Virtual Machine VM that works over a virtualization intermediary software layer, also known as the Virtual Machine Monitor VMM or hypervisor. Each VM runs its own operating system called the guest OS and...; Tags: Mellanox Technologies, I/O, InfiniBand, Server, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Monitor; White papers 2007-01-26
Using infiniband for High Performance Computing: With business models constantly changing to keep pace with nowadays Internet-based, global economy, IT organizations are continually challenged to provide customers with high performance platforms while controlling their cost. With broader adoption of High Performance Computing HPC in various industry segments, more enterprise businesses are implementing parallel compute cluster architectures...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., High-performance Computing, High-performance, InfiniBand, Networking; White papers 2007-01-01
Oracle RAC Over infiniband: InfiniBand Architecture IBA is an industry-standard, channel-based, switched-fabric, high-speed interconnect architecture with low latency and high throughput. With Oracle support of IP over InfiniBand IPoIB, Oracle Real Application Clusters RAC customers can now take advantage of greatly improved performance and scalability while using a scalable number of inexpensive high-performance servers....; Tags: Oracle Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Oracle Real Application Cluster, InfiniBand, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Networking, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management; White papers 2006-11-01
Comparing Cluster Interconnects: LS-DYNA Performance Benchmarks Over Gigabit Ethernet and Cisco infiniband: Application performance is one of the most significant factors in the use of clusters in High Performance Computing HPC environments. A number of variables affect performance, including node configuration, interconnect and switching fabric types and configuration, protocol offload technologies, storage and file system types, and the application characteristics. Many application...; Tags: Performance, Gigabit Ethernet, Cisco Systems Inc., Analysis, Application Performance, InfiniBand, Ethernet, Performance Management, Network Technology, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2006-11-01
Configuring Oracle RAC Over infiniband: This paper is intended to provide the general instructions on how to do the following: install Oracle Cluster Ready Services CRS over InfiniBand; install Real Application Clusters RAC 10g R2 over InfiniBand; configure a cluster database on RedHat Enterprise Linux RHEL 3.0 or 4.0 over InfiniBand. This paper should be...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle Real Application Cluster, InfiniBand, Databases, Enterprise Software, Networking, Software, Data Management; White papers 2006-11-01
Cisco Server Fabric Switch infiniband Fabric: Cisco Server Fabric Switches SFSs facilitate utility computing by dramatically simplifying the data center architecture, creating a unified, "Wire-once" fabric that aggregates I/O and server resources. This paper provides an overview of InfiniBand essentials and then focuses on the use and functions of the Ethernet gateway. InfiniBand is a standards-based...; Tags: Server, Cisco Systems Inc., InfiniBand, Ethernet, Data Centers, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2006-11-01
IBM High Performance Computing for Linux on POWER Using infiniband: This paper provides an overview and describes the components and performance of a High Performance Computing HPC solution for Linux on POWER using InfiniBand as the cluster interconnects. The paper contains performance results for several communication benchmarks running on IBM System p5 servers with the IBM Host Channel Adapter driving...; Tags: Performance, High-performance Computing, IBM Corp., InfiniBand, Linux, Performance Management, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2006-10-01
Using a Transport Independent Network in a Virtualized Datacenter: An Interoperability Case Study Running Oracle Using iWARP and infiniband With the OpenFabrics OFED 1.0 Stack: As IT professionals increasingly view their computing resources as a crucial element in achieving and retaining competitive advantage, the datacenter is evolving into sets of common resources interconnected by different styles of networks. This presentation discusses how a network-independent interconnect also allows to achieve virtualization without application impact. It also...; Tags: Data Center, Oracle Corp., Network, Intel Corp., InfiniBand, Data Centers, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; Presentations 2006-09-28
Data Storage for HPC: An infiniband Perspective: This presentation explores several methods of attaching fast and large storage to InfiniBand IB Technology-connected clusters. The presentation describes which storage architectures, techniques, and vendors supply solutions for the typical applications used on these InfiniBand clusters. Technologies such as RDMA, DDR and QDR, and open driver software initiatives such as...; Tags: Data Storage, Storage, Presentation, InfiniBand, Networking; Presentations 2006-09-21
infiniband SDR, DDR, and QDR Technology Guide: The InfiniBand standard supports single, double, and quadruple data rate that enables an InfiniBand link to transmit more data. This paper discusses the characteristics of Single Data Rate SDR, Double Data Rate DDR, and Quad Data Rate QDR InfiniBand transmission with the respect to performance, transmission distances, and cabling considerations.; Tags: InfiniBand, Networking; White papers 2006-09-01
infiniband in the Enterprise Data Center: InfiniBand is a high-speed server-interconnect technology that is specified and maintained by the InfiniBand Trade Association IBTA. Through use of Host Channel Adapters HCA and Switches, InfiniBand Technology is used to connect servers with remote storage and networking devices, and other servers. It can also be used inside servers for...; Tags: Mellanox Technologies, Data Center, Network, Server, InfiniBand, Data Centers, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2006-03-15
Understanding infiniband: InfiniBand is a technology that was developed to address the performance problems associated with data movement between computer Input/Output (I/O) devices and associated protocol stack processing. Although InfiniBand was developed to address I/O performance, InfiniBand is widely deployed within High Performance Compute HPC clusters due to the high bandwidth and...; Tags: I/O, InfiniBand, Networking; White papers 2006-03-01
IBM's blade agenda: Cell chip, infiniband: IBM's blade agenda: Cell chip, InfiniBandBlade servers: over-sophisticationAs a server admin I have found the blade offerings from the major vendors to be over-burdened with YET ANOTHER layer of "management" software, wonky proprietary firmware, and an overall "fussiness" of the units particularly during the inital setup. They perform no better...; Tags: Processors, Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, IBM Corp., InfiniBand, chip, Cell, blade, server; Discussion threads 2006-02-04