BEAVERTON, USA: The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium for the advancement of Ethernet, completed Data Center Bridging (DCB) interoperability plugfest, at an event in the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), recently.
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NetApp, Cloudera combine for Hadoop storage cluster, more storage news
November 14, 2011
NetApp Inc. launched its NetApp Open Solution for Hadoop, a packaged, ready-to-be-deployed Hadoop storage cluster featuring self-healing technology, hardware RAID and global spare drives.
Ethernet Alliance pulls off another data center interoperability test among numerous vendors
November 14, 2011
November 12, 2011, 4:02 PM: The Ethernet Alliance recently completed another round of interoperability testing at one of its interoperability plugfests. The alliance is a community of Ethernet end users, system and component vendors, industry experts and university and government professionals focused on standards-based Ethernet, and supports activities that span from incubation of new Ethernet technologies to interoperability demonstrations, certification and education.
UNH-IOL Offers Data Center Bridging (DCB) Testing
October 31, 2011
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) is now offering testing of Data Center Bridging (DCB) in accordance with the finalization of all IEEE Data Center Bridging (DCB) standards.
Emulex supports FCIA plugfest with LightPulse FC HBAs
October 27, 2011
US networking equipment supplier Emulex is participating in the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) plugfest with its recently launched LightPulse 16Gb Fibre Channel (16GFC) Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). The plugfest will take place at the UNH-IOL, where cable and data centre operators and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) device vendors will have the opportunity to test the recently ratified 16GFC standard in a neutral, multi-vendor environment. Backwards-compliant with previous FC standards, 16GFC protects existing storage infrastructure investments. Interoperability testing of...
SCSI Trade Association Reports Plugfest Event
October 11, 2011
Oct 07, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- The SCSI Trade Association, a member-run industry association established to support and promote SCSI technology, announced that the 12th Serial Attached SCSI Plugfest was held Sept. 19-23, at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory.
Oracle speeds up ZFS Storage Appliance line, other data storage news
October 11, 2011
Oracle Corp. upgraded its Sun ZFS Storage Appliance line with enhancements to its Hybrid Storage Pool technology and the addition of Hybrid Columnar Compression support. The Sun ZFS Storage Appliances enterprise NAS systems use the Hybrid Storage Pools to accelerate IOPS performance. Oracle claims the 7420 model performed at 137,066 IOPS in the SPC-1 benchmark. Hybrid Columnar Compression is designed to decrease the data storage footprint for archived OLTP databases and data warehouses. The compression feature works with the Oracle...
UNH-IOL enhances scope of Data Center Bridging (DCB), FCoE test efforts
October 7, 2011
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL - Durham, NH) announced that it has boosted its Data Center Bridging (DCB) testing services by updating existing test suites and test tools in accordance with the finalization of all IEEE Data Center Bridging (DCB) standards. Proclaiming itself "the first and only independent laboratory to offer testing for all DCB standards," the UNH-IOL reports it has seen a growing interest in DCB, as evidenced by membership in the lab's DCB Consortium doubling...
UNH-IOL boosts Data Center Bridging (DCB), FCoE testing efforts
October 5, 2011
The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL - Durham, NH) announced that it has boosted its Data Center Bridging (DCB) testing services by updating existing test suites and test tools in accordance with the finalization of all IEEE Data Center Bridging (DCB) standards. Proclaiming itself "the first and only independent laboratory to offer testing for all DCB standards," the UNH-IOL reports it has seen a growing interest in DCB, as evidenced by membership in the lab's DCB Consortium doubling...
UNH-IOL first and only independent lab to offer testing for all data center bridging (DCB) standards
October 5, 2011
DURHAM, USA: The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, has enhanced its entire spectrum of Data Center Bridging (DCB) testing services by updating existing test suites and test tools in accordance with the finalization of all IEEE Data Center Bridging (DCB) standards.