Cisco is trying to push another kind of adapter called CNA, integrating Ethernet and FCoE for use in a "loss less" network. It uses several proprietary specifications.
More information can be obtained here: http://www.qlogic.com/Products/Datanetworking_products_CNA_QLE8042.aspx http://www.qlogic.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/Products/Products_RightNAV_pdf%27s/Fibre%20Channel%20HBAs/SN0230938-00.pdf http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/ps10265/ps10280/data_sheet_c78-524774.html http://www.emulex.com/products/strategic-direction/oneconnect-universal-cna.html gg 2009/5/3 Rodrick Brown <rodrick.br...@gmail.com> > 2009/5/1 Nathan Stratton <nat...@robotics.net>: > > On Fri, 1 May 2009, Jason Shoemaker wrote: > > > >> My company is looking for ways to improve throughput for data transfers > >> between individual servers. We’re exploring the creation of > Etherchannels > >> using multiple server NICs, but Etherchannel seems to have the > limitation > >> of > >> not supporting per-packet load-balancing, therefore limiting traffic > >> between > >> two individual hosts to 1 Gig. > > > > Have you thought about Infiniband? Dual 10 gig cards cost about $50 and > 24 > > port switches about $1200 on ebay. Infiniband has just a fraction of the > > latency of ethernet (even 10 get eth). You get the lowest latency if your > > application supports Infiniband, but if not you can run IP over IB. > > > Infiniband is dying technology.. > > > >> <> > > > > Nathan Stratton CTO, BlinkMind, Inc. > > nathan at robotics.net nathan at blinkmind.com > > http://www.robotics.net http://www.blinkmind.com > > > > -- > [ Rodrick R. Brown ] > http://www.rodrickbrown.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrickbrown > > -- []'s Lívio Zanol Puppim
