Mellanox ConnectX-4 100Gb/s Interconnect Adapter Delivers Record Performance Results
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IBTA Tests Compliance & Interoperability with Top Vendors at Plugfest #26
In preparation for the IBTA’s upcoming Integrators’ List and April Plugfest, we wanted to give a quick recap of our last Plugfest, which included some great participants. Every year, the IBTA hosts two Compliance and Interoperability Plugfests, one in April and one in October, at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Interoperability [...]
Storage with Intense Network Growth and the Rise of RoCE
On January 4 and 5, the Entertainment Storage Alliances held the 14th annual Storage Visions conference in Las Vegas, highlighting advances in storage technologies utilized in consumer electronics, the media and entertainment industries. The theme of Storage Visions 2015 was Storage with Intense Network Growth (SWING), which was very appropriate given the [...]
The IBTA Celebrates Its 15th Anniversary
Since 1999, the IBTA has worked to further the InfiniBand specification in order to provide the IT industry with an advanced fabric architecture that transmits large amounts of data between data centers around the globe. This year, the IBTA is celebrating 15 years of growth and success. In its mission to unite [...]
The IBTA Welcomes New Member Netronome
Netronome, a developer of high-performance networking solutions for cloud, data center, carrier-grade and enterprise-class communications products, spoke with us recently about their choice to join the IBTA.
IBTA 2014 Annual Members Meeting
The IBTA recently hosted its annual general meeting for members in September. Barry Barnet and Jim Pappas, co-chairmen of the IBTA Steering Committee, presented the state of the association and the chairs of each working group presented their group activities over the past year and what’s ahead. The chairs specifically elaborated on [...]
IBTA Announces New RoCE Specification
Big news! The IBTA today announced the updated specification for Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) over Converged Ethernet (RoCE), RoCEv2. This is a huge development and one that will expand RoCE’s adoption. The benefits of the first RoCE spec released in 2010 were many: Low latency and CPU overhead (eliminated the multiple [...]
Recent Trends Toward RoCE Adoption
With the increase in enterprise data traffic and the emergence of hyperscale infrastructure, the need for efficient networking continues to grow. This post includes some of the latest examples of RoCE in the field.
InfiniBand Trade Association Welcomes Luxshare as Member Company
Luxshare, a global interconnect provider, has joined the IBTA and will work closely with the IBTA to further the InfiniBand specification as it pertains to the cable and physical layer.