The HPE QMH2672 16GB Mezzanine Fiber Channel host bust adapters provide a step into the 16 Gb/s future with greater performance & advanced, embedded support for virtualized environments. Their introduction brings SAN infrastructure components to a higher level of performance & efficiency with the ability to deliver twice the I/O performance of 8 GB FC HBAs. When using storage intensive applications, such as backup, database transactions, and virtualization, the increased performance of the HPE QMH2672 enables more rapid storage & retrieval of critical information. Designed for environments with greater virtual machine density & bandwidth requirements, the HPE QMH2672 enable more applications & virtual machines to run on a single server & port, resulting in reduced cabling & higher return on IT investment.