Mellanox Announces 40GbE Interconnect Solutions …

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced that its 40GbE interconnect solutions with RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet) support have been optimized to deliver high performance for compute and storage intensive applications.

Mellanox delivers a complete, RoCE enabled, 40GbE solution including NICs, switches, cables and software accelerators. 40GbE based clusters, accelerated with RoCE technology, deliver a more than 80% application performance increase compared to 10GbE based clusters.

For storage access, it delivers 4X faster storage throughput, enabling new levels of storage density and savings in CAPEX and OPEX.

Mellanox has tested various applications with its ISV partners. Oil and gas applications have demonstrated nearly 60% performance increase using 40GbE with RoCE versus 10GbE solutions. CAE (Computational Aided Engineering) applications demonstrated more than 80% performance increase.

The combination of PCIe 3.0 platforms and Mellanox 40GbE products with RoCE ensures that servers and storage are fully utilized. RoCE accelerated ConnectX-3 PCIe 3.0 40GbE NICs, and SwitchX 40GbE switch systems are available and include OEM support from leading vendors.

"High-performance servers and storage require maximum interconnect throughput to deliver the best return-on-investment. Anything less than 40Gb/s will limit application performance," said David Barzilai, VP of marketing at Mellanox Technologies. "Mellanox delivers the highest application performance and densities over Ethernet with the industry’s only, comprehensive end-to-end 40GbE interconnect solution, dramatically reducing IT costs and enabling a power efficient compute center."