http://insidehpc.com/2009/08/17/ciscos-move-out-of-infiniband-early-but-may-ultimately-prove-correct/ HPC News Without the Noise for Supercomputing Professionals | insideHPC Sun, 19 May 2013 10:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://insidehpc.com/2009/08/17/ciscos-move-out-of-infiniband-early-but-may-ultimately-prove-correct/#comment-178707 Rumors of Infiniband’s (imminent) demise … « scalability.org Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:33:21 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=6727#comment-178707 [...] are greatly exaggerated. John at InsideHPC has an article on Cisco’s move out of Infiniband which refers to another article on [...] [...] are greatly exaggerated. John at InsideHPC has an article on Cisco’s move out of Infiniband which refers to another article on [...]

]]> http://insidehpc.com/2009/08/17/ciscos-move-out-of-infiniband-early-but-may-ultimately-prove-correct/#comment-178595 Mark Hahn Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:57:38 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=6727#comment-178595 IB is big in HPC, but not because IB is so great. it's merely more attractive than the alternatives (Gb, 10G). if there were an ethernet-like alternative that came close to the same bandwidth and latency numbers, IB would have real competition. for instance, Gb persists and even makes a lot of sense in some cases where speed (either lat or bw) is not important. 10G is attractive for its ease of interop, but has so far been dramatically more expensive, not to mention slower than IB. in other words, IB's closest competitor seems to be 10G and it has work to do on cost, bandwidth and latency... IB is big in HPC, but not because IB is so great. it’s merely more attractive than the alternatives (Gb, 10G). if there were an ethernet-like alternative that came close to the same bandwidth and latency numbers, IB would have real competition. for instance, Gb persists and even makes a lot of sense in some cases where speed (either lat or bw) is not important. 10G is attractive for its ease of interop, but has so far been dramatically more expensive, not to mention slower than IB. in other words, IB’s closest competitor seems to be 10G and it has work to do on cost, bandwidth and latency…

]]> http://insidehpc.com/2009/08/17/ciscos-move-out-of-infiniband-early-but-may-ultimately-prove-correct/#comment-178583 Cisco | All Days Long Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:40:21 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=6727#comment-178583 [...] Cisco's move out of InfiniBand early, but may ultimately prove … By John West insideHPC: HPC news for supercomputing professionals. insideHPC – http://insidehpc.com/ [...] [...] Cisco's move out of InfiniBand early, but may ultimately prove … By John West insideHPC: HPC news for supercomputing professionals. insideHPC – http://insidehpc.com/ [...]

]]> http://insidehpc.com/2009/08/17/ciscos-move-out-of-infiniband-early-but-may-ultimately-prove-correct/#comment-178557   Cisco's move out of InfiniBand early, but may ultimately prove … by Cisco Information Technology Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:22:27 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=6727#comment-178557 [...] Go here to see the original: Cisco's move out of InfiniBand early, but may ultimately prove … [...] [...] Go here to see the original: Cisco's move out of InfiniBand early, but may ultimately prove … [...]

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