Neterion today announced the general availability of its third generation I/O Virtualized X3110 10 GbE server adapter through its world-wide channel of distributors.
I/O is rapidly becoming the bottleneck or “glass ceiling” in large-scale virtualized server environments as technology trends and the economy demand higher VM density and faster migration of I/O intensive applications. Until now, I/O has failed to keep pace with advances in CPU and Hypervisor technology. This threatens to eventually limit the number of VMs per platform, stunt the adoption of “cloud computing” and also prevent the migration of I/O intensive applications such as databases and mail servers.
Neterion’s I/O virtualized X3110 10 GbE server adapter shatters virtualization’s glass ceiling. The industry’s first fully-virtualized Ethernet controller brings the following capabilities to virtualized server environments:
Neterion’s X3110 fully independent virtual adapter architecture is unique in the industry, allowing each virtualized adapter instance to run native, full featured device drivers in a guest operating system, rather than a custom “data-path only” driver. This architecture enables each adapter instance to be independently reset and includes isolated hardware queues that mitigate head-of-line blocking issues found in other adapter architectures. Additionally, the X3110 10 GbE adapter allows end-users to preserve their existing investments in driver qualifications, operating systems, network administration tools and personnel training.
The X3110 I/O Virtualized 10 GbE server adapter is being initially released in two flavors: single port 850nm SR Optical and single port Direct Attach (DA) twinax copper (sometimes referred to as 10GBase-CR). Both adapters employ the new SFP+ module standard and are available today through world-wide channel distributors with a starting MSRP of $899. Dual port 10 GbE adapter versions (the X3120) will be available in the second half of 2009.
