QLogic 2500 Series 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter of Choice in Microsoft Hyper-V Environments - Manual (Page 5)

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Summary and Conclusion
QLogic continues to be the industry leader in delivering high-performance
i/O solutions to data center customers. the iOPS and throughput of the
QLogic 2500 Series 8Gb Fibre Channel adapter is best in class and provides
an unprecedented level of high performance, superior scalability, and
enhanced reliability that exceeds the requirements for next-generation
data centers. the results of the benchmark tests shown in this paper
demonstrate the i/O performance and scalability advantages of the QLogic
2500 Series 8Gb Fibre Channel adapter over the emulex LightPulse 12002
adapter in Microsoft hyper-V virtualized environments.
Virtualization continues to become prevalent in enterprise data centers and
continues to grow with the introduction of Microsoft’s hyper-V product.
a majority of today’s virtualization deployments are based on software
hypervisor-based solutions. Despite the benefits of these solutions,
challenges remain with respect to i/O performance and system reliability.
Virtualization is an important element of the data center. QLogic adapters
support server virtualization platforms from Microsoft, Linux
® , and VMware ® .
the QLogic 2500 Series 8Gb Fibre Channel adapter technology provides
better iOPS and throughput in virtualized servers, making QLogic the clear
choice to support 8Gb Fibre Channel and virtualization environments.