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QLogic is announcing release of their QLogic FabricCache QLE10000 adapter, the first product released based on QLogic’s innovative Mt.Ranier technology. FabricCache is a combination of QLogic’s market-leading FibreChannel adapter, intelligent caching and I/O management in a server-based PCIe flash card form factor. FabricCache transforms single-server, captive cache into a shared resource for a wide variety of enterprise applications that utilize SAN storage. The exceptionally simple to install FabricCache is an instant performance-enhancing resource.
FabricCache defines a new solution category for acceleration of enterprise applications by transparently pooling individual server cache across multiple physical servers. All servers that are equipped with the FabricCache adapters can access, share and utilize the combined total cache of all of the FabricCache adapters as a cluster. This method results in entirely new levels of scalable performance for even the most critical and demanding data center applications. This pooling of caches dramatically lowers latency and increases throughput, for both clustered and virtualized applications.
Utilizing FabricCache offloads intelligent cache processing, pooling and clustering from the server to dedicated cache processing on the FabricCache adapter. FabricCache requires just a single 8 GB/s adapter per operating system to do its magic. FabricCache integrates seamlessly into your current enterprise server and infrastructure and is completely application-transparent. This greatly simplifies its deployment and management, resulting in lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
QLogic’s innovative FabricCache technology provides a significant performance boost for distributed environments, both virtual and discrete. The cache and the FibreChannel adapter are now consolidated into one device. Application performance is boosted with no infrastructure, software drivers, or management framework changes required. Even with cache sharing across multiple servers and applications, its transparency means simplified deployment and management. QLogic’s press release on the QLE10000 can be viewed in its entirety here.