Product Manager Networking Infrastructure Choices for Storage

Networking Infrastructures LAN IP/Ethernet Data Network LAN File Block Storage Network 8Gb FC SAN

Block Data Storage Area Networks use multiple block protocols FC iSCSI (TCP/IP) IB FCoE SAS Block Data or File: What Protocols are Used File Data Networked Attached Storage uses LAN or WAN protocols i.e. TCP/IP over 10GbE or 1GbE A NAS device can exist anywhere in a LAN or WAN. Supported Protocols include CIFS, NFS and HTTP

The Market Selects FC IDC’s Q Worldwide Storage Systems Hardware Tracker While there is a use for every interface, FC (choice C) is the leader for enterprise demanding applications “We continue to see strength in the FC market," said Casey Quillin, Analyst at Dell'Oro Group. FC SANs account for 55% of the overall storage system interface market.

Reasons for FC Leadership FC Overview High performance, robustness and addressability for demanding environments Low latency, high IOPs, and congestion free High addressability necessary for large customers Investment protection with auto-negotiating link speeds Mature and time-proven designs dominates SANs today in the enterprise market FC SANs ensure higher security Data integrity in the near future with T10-Dif Consolidate heavy server I/O demands For FC host connectivity, Oracle FC Networking Powered by QLogic the leading choice…

SPARC T3 Series M3000 M4000 M5000 M8000 M9000 T5440 T5240 T5120 SPARC T4 Series Full Testing and Integration with SPARC Enterprise, Blade, and x86 Servers Open Applications-to-Disk Solutions from a Single Source QLogic HBA technology is also embedded in ZFS & Axiom Rack-Mount Servers and Open Storage Blade Clusters (x86/SPARC)

Why QLogic: The Ultimate in Performance Oracle 8Gb FC adapters powered by QLogic lead in real-world performance for Oracle database 7 Benchmark running on Oracle Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)* *Running on Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 2. The tool used for predicting the performance of the Oracle database under-load was Orion from Oracle Across all three workloads (OLTP, Web and OLAP), QLogic’s performance averaged 98 percent better than the competition. Ensures reduced response time of mission critical applications and backup time-windows

Full Hardware Offload for Improved System Performance The lowest CPU utilization in the industry Requires an average of 9% CPU utilization Competitors Choke CPU utilization up to 90% The ability to fully offload processing to the adapter improves server performance by freeing up the server CPU to other tasks 8 More bandwidth for multiple VMs and apps all on a single server

QLogic’s power management technologies StarPower™ consumes only the power needed to run at full speed Cool HBA™ technology: HBAs can operate without airflow Watts QLogic 8Gb FC HBAs consume 20-30% less power for greener IT! Power Consumption 8 Gb Dual Port HBAs The Ultimate in Low Power Usage

FC Adapter of Choice for Oracle Database For Optimized Database Solutions tested configurations, the Oracle 8Gb FC adapters powered by QLogic were the adapter of choice for Oracle Database BOMs Optimized Solutions for Database BOM Processors Warranty Servers Storage

FC Adapter of Choice for Oracle Database For Optimized Database Solutions tested configurations, the Oracle 8Gb FC adapters powered by QLogic were the adapter of choice for Oracle Database BOMs

The Ultimate in Business Resiliency QLogic’s Overlapping Protection Domains (OPDs) Provides overlapping parity and cyclic redundancy checking and generation for continuous data protection F RAME B UFFER FC I NTERFACE M ODULE H OST B US I NTERFACE M ODULE FC CRC PCI Parity / ECC Byte Parity FC CRC Byte Parity PCI Parity / ECC OPD PCI Bus Fibre Channel CRC = Cyclic Redundancy Check ECC = Error Correction Code Data moving from FC to Host Bus Data moving from Host Bus to FC

Tightly Integrated with Oracle Operating Environments 17 + years of field-hardened Solaris solutions Pioneered Oracle Solaris FC I/O technology ensures solutions deliver a stable, reliable and highly available solution Key foundational component of the Oracle Linux stack A component of Oracle Linux pre-tested and certified architectures integral to Linux enterprise solutions Flexible and adaptable to Oracle VM Hardware-assisted VMflex supports multiple virtual connections sharing the same physical port 13

Adapter of Choice for Oracle Customers In the past year alone, Oracle has shipped 72,861 Oracle-branded QLogic adapters Selected by top Fortune 500 customers 14

Recap: Engineered to Win Together Oracle HW, SW, and networking powered by QLogic provide a seamless high performance solution to your customers. Best-in-class: QLogic has the largest Storage Networking I/O install base = reliability and turn-key deployment Integral to the Oracle Stack: HBA technology embedded in Oracle storage hardware and fully tested across Oracle servers and apps Optimized for Oracle Database: A key component in Oracle architected database configurations for optimal DB performance The Ultimate Choice for FC Connectivity: Oracle-branded QLogic adapters provide performance and business resiliency needed in today’s environments We are here to help! or

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