QLogic 2600 Series 16Gb Gen 5 FC HBAs Double Performance and Flexibility - Manual (Page 4)

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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 2600 Series 16Gb Gen 5 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 demonstrate the i/O
performance and scalability advantages of the QLogic 2600 Series 16Gb
Gen 5 Fibre Channel adapter over the emulex LPe16000 16Gb adapter in
real-world deployment environments.
higher Performance
For out-of-the-box transactional performance, the QLogic 16Gb Gen 5 Fibre
Channel adapter performed almost 40 percent better than the emulex 16Gb
Fibre Channel adapter (Figure 1). the figure also shows that the QLogic
2600 Series delivers 1.2 million iOPS in a Windows environment.
Figure 1. QLogic Delivers 1.2 Million IOPS
the QLogic adapter delivers the best performance for enterprise
applications, such as Oracle databases and Microsoft exchange, while
running multiple offloaded protocols, making it an ideal solution for high-
density virtualized and cloud computing environments. Figure 2 shows the
throughput results across a sweep of block sizes. the QLogic 2600 Series
outperformed the emulex LPe16000 at real-world workload (block sizes)
used in the enterprise data center. typical workloads for Oracle database
environments are 4KB and 8KB block sizes. the figure shows that QLogic
has more than 30 percent higher throughput over emulex. For Microsoft
exchange Server 2010 (typical block sizes of 32KB), QLogic performed up
to 88 percent better than emulex.
Figure 2. QLogic Delivers Higher Performance with External Applications
the QLogic 2600 Series Fibre Channel adapter delivers the best application
performance, making it an ideal solution for high-density virtualized and
cloud computing environments.
Superior Business Scalability
For high throughput applications, the QLogic 2600 Series Fibre Channel
adapter delivers higher performance compared with the emulex LPe16000
adapter in Microsoft Windows. as business grows and more ports are
added, the QLogic adapter’s throughput scales by 85 percent, as shown
in Figure 3, which is significantly better compared with emulex dual-port
scalability.
Figure 3. QLogic Delivers 85% More Transactions from Single Port to Dual Port