COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 10, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), the most trusted name in storage networking connectivity solutions, announced today that its LightPulse(r) family of 4Gb/s HBAs demonstrates outstanding performance for business-critical, real-world I/O workloads within AMD Opteron(tm) processor-based systems. Emulex 4Gb/s HBAs running in conjunction with AMD Opteron processors provide as much as a 78 percent performance advantage across a range of I/O workload requests when compared with competitive offerings. Emulex, in cooperation with AMD (NYSE:AMD), has conducted extensive performance testing using real world workloads. For more information on Emulex 4Gb/s HBA performance advantages, visit http://www.emulex.com/products/white/hba/07-072FullThroughput.pdf.
Emulex has worked closely with AMD to promote interoperability of Emulex HBAs and AMD Opteron processors, providing customers with robust, high-performance configurations for the newest wave of advanced applications, including transactional databases, virtualized environments and continuous data protection. The AMD Opteron processor is now tested and approved within Emulex's Interoperability Partner Program. Emulex HBAs and AMD Opteron processors are integrated into server platforms from the world's leading vendors including Sun, IBM and HP, and together provide the critical building blocks that large enterprises require for operating data-intensive environments.
"The capabilities of the AMD Opteron processor exemplify our commitment to deliver exceptional performance and performance-per-watt to the market," said Pat Patla, Director, Server/Workstation Marketing, AMD. "The combination of AMD Opteron processors and Emulex SAN connectivity solutions ensures that customers have access to performance-driven solutions that are designed to deliver tremendous advantages for today's enterprise computing environments."
Additionally, Emulex is working with AMD to develop solutions around next-generation products, such as those optimized for server virtualization environments. Emulex's generally available LightPulse Virtual HBA technology is designed to complement the virtualization capabilities of the next-generation AMD Opteron processor.
"The high-performance combination of Emulex's flexible and reliable 4Gb/s HBAs with the AMD Opteron processor delivers unique and compelling benefits to our customers who require high levels of performance," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing, Emulex. "Working with AMD to deliver industry-leading, high-performance solutions also ensures support for next-generation technology innovation, such as server virtualization."
Emulex Fibre Channel HBAs -- Generations Ahead
Emulex LightPulse HBAs leverage seven generations of advanced, field-proven technology, providing customers with the highest quality SAN connectivity solutions that the world's leading enterprises have come to rely upon. With a unique firmware upgradeable architecture, common driver model and centralized management tools for simplified installation and deployment, Emulex HBAs are simply "Generations Ahead" of competing solutions. The Emulex suite of Fibre Channel HBAs offers the following industry-leading features and benefits:
-- Superior Quality and Reliability -- Field-proven, single-chip
design with a combination of parity and other advanced error
checking methods to validate the integrity of data blocks.
-- Most Efficient Installation and Management -- Unique tools designed
to automate installation and provide local and remote HBA
configuration and management. The Emulex architecture allows
complete independence of device drivers from HBA hardware and
firmware, which translates into time- and cost-savings by
eliminating the need to reboot during most configuration changes
and providing compatibility across HBA generations.
-- Maximum SAN Performance -- Experience superior full-duplex data
throughput and I/O processing, ideal for real-world application
environments. Dynamic Frame Multiplexing is another exclusive
Emulex feature designed to consistently provide superior
performance in mixed workload environments, such as disk and tape
back-up.
-- Fastest Diagnosis and Recovery -- Ensures fast and efficient SAN
troubleshooting with comprehensive diagnostics, detailed event
logging and tracing.
-- Broadest Enterprise Deployments -- With the largest installed base
of HBAs, Emulex SAN connectivity solutions are trusted by the
world's largest, mission-critical enterprises.
About Emulex
Emulex Corporation is the most trusted name in storage networking connectivity and a leading provider of critical building blocks for intelligent data center infrastructure solutions. The world's leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex award-winning HBAs, intelligent storage platforms and embedded storage products, including switches, bridges, routers and I/O controllers, to build reliable, scalable and high performance storage and server solutions. Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) and corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at http://www.emulex.com.
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