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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / SEPTEMBER 1, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 35
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Breaking News -
Networking:
Adaptec Introduces New Network
Acceleration Solution
Adaptec Inc, a global leader in storage solutions, announced the
availability
of a new network accelerator card that increases the performance of servers
used in high- performance computing applications. The Adaptec network
accelerator offloads all TCP/IP processing from the host to make more CPU
processing power available for networked applications.
The Adaptec Network Accelerator 7711 is now available from leading
distributors and resellers worldwide such as Arrow, Ingram Micro and Tech Data
and Linux high-performance computing vendors such as Penguin Computing.
Companies in financial services, life sciences, national defense and other
industries are choosing Adaptec's network accelerator card to eliminate
bottlenecks caused by TCP/IP processing in high-performance server clusters
used in file serving, backup and restore applications.
"The growing high-performance computing market is shifting from a focus on
high-end supercomputers to lower cost Linux-based server clusters running on
industry-standard architectures," said IDC research analyst Robert Gray.
"These data-intensive environments often cause bottlenecks that slow system
performance. TCP/IP offload is a compelling solution for system vendors as
they work to speed network performance in the high-performance computing
market."
"The Adaptec network accelerator card allows IT managers to leverage
existing
IP infrastructure and in-house expertise to maximize the performance of Linux
server clusters for high-performance computing," said Ram Jayam, vice
president and general manager of Adaptec's Storage Networking Group. "Our
complete TCP offload technology enables organizations to accelerate the
performance of networked applications. We are pleased to leverage our strong
channel presence and advanced TCP/IP offload technology to enable new
approaches to faster high-performance computing."
UCSC Speeds Genome Research with Adaptec Network Accelerator
The Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering at the University of
California, Santa Cruz, uses clustered servers -- an increasingly popular way
to scale both computing power and capacity -- for genome simulation to support
its study of DNA, RNA and protein sequences. The center's research team
experienced network file-server slowdowns caused by simultaneous requests from
multiple application servers in the cluster and overload from TCP/IP
processing. UCSC deployed the Adaptec network accelerator to clear the
processing bottleneck.
"Adaptec's full TCP/IP offload solution has substantially improved the
efficiency of our high-performance, networked systems," said Ann Pace,
assistant director of UCSC's Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering.
"The network accelerator is enabling our genome research team to perform more
tests, faster - in some cases doubling the number of jobs completed and
substantially accelerating our research efforts."
Top Distributors, Resellers Offer Adaptec TOE NAC
Leading distributors and value-added resellers are offering Adaptec network
accelerators to maximize their customers' network performance and extend their
existing server investments.
"Many of our customers are deploying large Linux farms based on Intel
architecture to perform data-intensive computation, transferring large amounts
of information between systems," said Sam Ockman, CEO of Penguin Computing.
"By offloading TCP/IP processing, Adaptec's network accelerator cards enable
host CPUs to deliver more processing power, significantly improving the Linux
clusters' computing performance.
"Solution providers recommending or supporting network-intensive
applications
such as LAN-based backup and file serving over Ethernet require advanced
solutions that completely offload TCP/IP processing from the host CPU and
increase application performance," said Roy Appelbaum, Tech Data's vice
president of network product marketing. "Backed by Tech Data's industry-
leading technical services, Adaptec's new network accelerator helps our
customers extend the computing power of their clients' application and file
servers."
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