Storage Networking

NAS or SAN? IT managers once made storage decisions based on the media speed or the type of storage – file or block – not based on the needs of their applications. By enabling block and file storage traffic to merge onto a single Ethernet infrastructure and delivering top performance in both modes, NetEffect accelerated Ethernet adapters eliminate the barrier separating NAS and SAN…and the need to choose.

Ideally suited for storage traffic, NetEffect accelerated Ethernet adapters handle large message sizes with high bandwidth while consuming very low CPU cycles. Support for a wide range of storage protocols lays the foundation for migration to a unified storage architecture, reducing the need for separate SANs and lowering the total cost of ownership without compromising storage performance.

• High throughput block and file-level storage access, exceeding 8Gb Fibre Channel
• Single network interface for block and file protocols
• Wide range of storage protocols supported: iSCSI, NFS and CIFS
• Storage networking protocols offloaded to adapter, freeing more CPU cycles for use by applications