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Mellanox: 56 Gb InfiniBand vs 40 GbE Ethernet

  • October 28, 2014
  • 2 min read
Anton Kolomyeytsev
Anton Kolomyeytsev is StarWind CTO, Chief Architect & Co-Founder. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional [MVP] in Cluster 2014 & 2015. SMB3, NFS, iSCSI & iSER, NVMe over Fabrics.
Anton Kolomyeytsev is StarWind CTO, Chief Architect & Co-Founder. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional [MVP] in Cluster 2014 & 2015. SMB3, NFS, iSCSI & iSER, NVMe over Fabrics.

SX1012 12-Port 40/56 GbE SDN Switch

Awesome! Got some new goodies from Mellanox – brand new 40 GbE & InfiniBand gear. We officially love these guys! Stay tuned for new performance tests.

Here are the details:
http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_eth_switches/PB_SX1012.pdf

http://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/prod_adapter_cards/PB_ConnectX3_VPI_Card.pdf

Check out the pics.

SX1012 12-Port 40/56 GbE SDN Switch

SX1012 12-Port 40/56 GbE SDN Switch

ConnectX – 3QDR Infiniband cards and SX1012 12-Port 40/56 GbE SDN Switch

The whole bundle!

ConnectX – 3QDR Infiniband cards

ConnectX – 3QDR Infiniband cards

ConnectX – 3QDR Infiniband cards with switch

Can’t wait to see all this beauty in action!

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