The introduction of the HP PCIe 8 Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters brings datacenter infrastructure components to a higher level of performance & efficiency with the ability to deliver twice the I/O performance of 4 Gb FC HBAs. An 8 Gb Fibre Channel HBA purchased today is backward compatible with 4 & 2 Gb storage networks & will protect future investments. When using storage intensive applications, such as backup/restore, database transactions, virtualization, & rich media, the increased performance of the 8 Gb infrastructure enables more rapid storage & retrieval of critical information. Finally, PCIe 8 Gb FC Host Bus Adapters provide a number of features that work together to reduce power consumption, thus delivering a "green" benefit within the server. The Highest Performing Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters. The PCIe 8 Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters deliver twice the I/O performance of 4 Gb FC HBAs. Moving to 8 Gb technology provides the infrastructure required for the more powerful servers & data intensive applications of the future. When using storage intensive applications like backup/restore, database transactions, virtualization & rich media, the enhanced I/O performance enables faster storage & retrieval of data. Best Fibre Channel HBAs for Virtualization. Ideal for the implementation of virtual servers with the power to drive multiple virtual machines. Allows a single port to acquire multiple N Port IDs, eliminating the need for additional physical ports. Datacenter administrators do not need to concern themselves with multiple requests from the virtualized servers potentially creating conflict. Improves host utilization & enhances application performance. Latest Technology Supports Green Initiatives. HP 8 Gb FC HBAs have unique features in support of ?green′ server technology.
- Supports virtualized servers for overall effective server utilization.