QLogic 2500 Series 8Gb FC Adapters Offer Performance Benefits User Manual
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Key Findings
the QLogic 2500 8Gb adapter product family showcases the next generation of FC SaNs, with an increase in performance:
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Performance: 33-percent higher iOPS when upgrading to the 8Gb adapter. tests demonstrated that in existing 4Gb infrastructure
(4Gb adapter, 4Gb switch, and 4Gb storage), performance increased by over 33 percent by replacing the 4Gb adapter with
an 8Gb adapter.
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Throughput: 100-percent higher throughput was achieved (1600MBps versus 800MBps) by using the QLogic 2500 series 8Gb
adapter and QLogic 5800 8Gb switch in comparison to existing 4Gb adapter/switch configurations.
QLogic 2500 Series 8Gb FC Adapters
Offer Performance Benefits
QLogic 8Gb Adapters: “The Best in Class”—8Gb Performance
Exceeds the Requirements of Next Generation Data Centers
- 8300 Series QConvergeConsole (4 pages)
- 8300 Series DataSheet (4 pages)
- 8300 Series vSphere 5 Virtual Server Engine (18 pages)
- 8300 Series Hyper-V Virtual Server Engine (18 pages)
- 8300 Series Visualize I_O Connectivity for VMware vSphere (7 pages)
- 8300 Series Unified Adapter Management Across the Data Center (5 pages)
- 8300 Series Advanced Virtualization Using QLogic 8300 Series Adapters (6 pages)
- 8200 Series DataSheet (4 pages)
- 8200 Series is the Adapter of Choice for Converged Data Centers (8 pages)
- 8200 Series The Value of Full Hardware Offload in a Converged Ethernet Environment (7 pages)
- BR-1860 Fabric (6 pages)
- BR-1020 (4 pages)
- 4000 Series (4 pages)
- 3200 Series DataSheet (4 pages)
- 3200 Series is the Adapter of Choice for Virtualized Environments (8 pages)
- 10000 Series DataSheet (4 pages)
- 10000 Series ORACLE REAL APPLICATION CLUSTERS & QLOGIC FABRICCACHE ADAPTERS (2 pages)
- 10000 Series DATABASE INFRASTRUCTURE ACCELERATION ORACLE REAL APPLICATION CLUSTERS AND QLOGIC FABRICCACHE ADAPTERS (2 pages)
- 10000 Series Accelerating Microsoft SQL Server Beyond Large Server Memory (4 pages)
- 10000 Series Accelerating Database Infrastructure Using Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g R2 and QLogic FabricCache© Adapters (7 pages)
- 10000 Series Optimizing MS Exchange (4 pages)
- 10000 Series Realize Significant Performance Gains in Oracle RAC with QLogic FabricCache (7 pages)
- 10000 Series Accelerating Microsoft Exchange Servers with I_O Caching (5 pages)
- 10000 Series Mt. Rainier Technology Accelerates the Enterprise (9 pages)
- 10000 Series The 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter of Choice in Microsoft Exchange Environments (9 pages)
- 10000 Series The 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter of Choice in Oracle Environments (7 pages)
- 2600 Series DataSheet (3 pages)
- 2600 Series 16Gb Gen 5 Fibre Channel for Database and Business Analytics (5 pages)
- 2600 Series 16Gb Gen 5 FC HBAs Double Performance and Flexibility (5 pages)
- 2500 Series DataSheet (4 pages)
- 2500 Series QOE2562 (3 pages)
- 2500 Series 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter of Choice in Microsoft Hyper-V Environments (7 pages)
- 2500 Series Data-at-Rest Encryption Addresses SAN Security Requirements (6 pages)
- 2500 Series FC HBAs Accelerate Application Performance (7 pages)
- BR-815 (5 pages)
- 2400 Series DataSheet (4 pages)
- 8300 Series Controller (4 pages)
- 8200 Series Controller (4 pages)
- EP8112 Controller (2 pages)
- EP2532 Controller (2 pages)
- 10000 Series Adapter Provides Application Benefits Through I_O Caching (5 pages)