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  • Intel boosts performance of small network storage

    The N4B2 server also features hot plug capabilities for capacity upgrades and an integrated gigabit Ethernet MAC controller for improved performance of data transfers to and from the home server or small office NAS device.The storage platform also…
    05 March 2010

  • Intel boost performance of small network storage

    The N4B2 server also features hot plug capabilities for capacity upgrades and an integrated gigabit Ethernet MAC controller for improved performance of data transfers to and from the home server or small office NAS device.The storage platform also…
    05 March 2010

  • TalkTalk upgrades broadband up to 24Mbps

    TalkTalk is upgrading its network to offer all of its customers broadband speeds of up to 24Mbps over the next four months, for no extra cost.The ISP said it is installing gigabit Ethernet fibre between all exchanges, ensuring every new and…
    05 March 2010

  • Networking over power lines due for a boost

    A gigabit ethernet port is used to connect any Ethernet-equipped device to the rest of the network. Netgear has introduced products for powerline-based home networking at up to 500Mbps (bits per second).
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Powerline • Netgear • Kits • Button • Boost • Adapters

  • LaCie introduces three new NAS products

    LaCie announced three new network-attached storage products aimed at small to midsize businesses.All three products feature aluminium enclosures that anyone familiar with LaCie's other offerings should recognise, as well as faster processors than…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: Raid • Networkattached Storage • Midsize • Gigabit Ethernet • Configurations

  • Facebook data centres need Terabit Ethernet

    All server motherboards come with Gigabit Ethernet built in, and today's multicore processors can easily fill those pipes, Lee said. Facebook's data centres already need 100-Gigabit Ethernet and ideally could use 1-Terabit Ethernet, according to a…
    03 February 2010
    Tags: Gigabit Ethernet • Facebook • Fabric • Engineer • Data Centres • Data Centre

Latest Features

  • Cloud, virtualisation: Wasting IT resources

    If you're spending a couple of thousand dollars per spindle, that adds up pretty fast.You can get around either storage I/O or resource limits by throwing hardware at them, but that's not either an elegant or a cost-effective solution, according…
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machines • Gigabit Ethernet • Cloud Computing • Bus • Amazon • Adopting

  • Cisco data centre guru on IPv6, virtualisation and strategy

    As people start to focus on collaboration technologies, multimedia and video moving to the desktop, we are beginning to see links between access switches and the campus core or distribution switches migrate from gigabit Ethernet to 10G.
    03 November 2009
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Perspective • Data Center • Virtual Machines • Migrate • Incremental

  • Internal clouds: More than virtualising servers

    In addition to strict access controls, the network must be robust enough to survive a performance hit that could be caused by virtualisation.Running virtual machines on a single server and accessing them via Gigabit Ethernet could overwhelm the…
    15 October 2009
    Tags: Robust • Virtual Machines • Accessing • Workload • Dynamically • Additionally

  • How clouds and fibre has remade the data centre

    Compared with the rest of the network the current data centre switches provide very low latency, discard very few packets and support 10 Gigabit Ethernet interconnects. The new switches are built for very dense deployment of 10 Gigabit and prepared…
    18 September 2009
    Tags: Adapter • Adapters • Transport • Access Control • Enforce • Reduces

  • Rivals offer switch alternatives to Cisco

    Cisco says an entry level 4500 costs $200 per gigabit Power over Ethernet Plus port.We primarily compete with them on the 4500," says Rajiv Ramaswami, vice president and general manager for Cisco's Data Center Switching Technology Group.In fixed…
    10 August 2009
    Tags: Power Consumption • Ownership • Certified • Switching • Engineers • China

  • The five best router and switch features that you don't use

    The sFlow capability captures traffic data by using a sampling technology to collect statistics from switches and routers.Sampling makes it applicable to gigabit and higher speed networks, vendors say.
    02 April 2009
    Tags: Wired • Nac • Behaviour • Ieee • Visibility • Network Management

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How-Tos

  • How to shrink your backup window

    If you have so much data to move that a single gigabit Ethernet link chokes - or, more often, if the performance of the source server simply isn't up to snuff - good luck.In SAN-attached environments, you can opt for off-host backups, where you…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Window • Volumes • Virtual Machine • Hypervisor • Backups • Archiving

  • Testing Wi-Fi's Power Save Mode

    The test script was run on the destination computer so that transactions would be initiated and recorded by the mains-powered computer.The destination in all test cases was a Dell 4500 desktop upgraded with a PCI gigabit Ethernet adapter and…
    13 May 2008
    Tags: Adapter • Adapters • Elements • Notebooks • Ap • Network World

  • Case Study: The virtual virtualisation case study

    After reviewing various products, cross-checking the ESX hardware compatibility list, and comparing prices, Eric decided to go with a pair of EqualLogic iSCSI arrays -- one SAS array and one SATA array for high- and medium-performance data…
    08 February 2008
    Tags: Examine • Virtual Server • Server Virtualisation • Ed • Hadn • Missioncritical

  • Ways to bridge Ethernet

    With using fibre-optic cabling, you are electrically separating the buildings and can provide a connection that can run at gigabit speeds. If there is, or it can be put in with little or no expense, you can look at using a device called an Ethernet…
    05 October 2007
    Tags: Lan • Buildings • Copper • Fibre • Bridge • Antenna

  • Case Study: Fast 802.11n Wi-Fi goes to college

    That's nearly complete, and of 270 Cat5 and Cat5e cable segments tested, only three have had to be replaced.The switching fabric won't be a problem: two years ago, the campus upgraded to Gigabit Ethernet switches from Enterasys.
    17 August 2007
    Tags: Channels • Band • Engineers • Students • Frequency • Campus

  • Case Study: Diskless servers rely on NAS

    This network has maintained five nines availability for the past two and a half years.The servers have no direct-access storage (DAS) hard drives at all, which means no moving parts, and they are booted from the NAS drives via gigabit Ethernet…
    02 August 2007
    Tags: Downtime • Failure • Reliability • Remove • Hard Disk • Farm

Reviews

  • HP Compaq 8100 Elite review

    There are six more around the back, along with two PS/2 connections, Gigabit Ethernet, VGA, DisplayPort and audio connections.Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are both missing from the HP Compaq 8100 Elite, but most business users are likely to connect to a…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Windows Xp • Slots • Slot • Intel Core • Connections • Business Users

  • Sony VAIO AW230JH review

    If you want to run untethered for a longer time between recharges, you can upgrade to a higher-capacity 7200mAH battery.One strength of this laptop is that it has lots of ports and connections, including HDMI-out, gigabit ethernet, 802.11n…
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Watching • Speakers • Resolution • Movies • Controls • Bundle

  • Acer Aspire 8940G-6865 review

    All the rest of the ports, the combo USB 2.0 / eSATA port, another USB port, three audio connections (two out, mic in), gigabit ethernet, and no fewer than three display connectors, are on the right side.
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Viewing • Usability • Transport • Playback • Intel Core • Battery Life

  • Dell Inspiron 15-1564 review

    Sadly, there's no Gigabit Ethernet (just 100Mbit LAN) or Wi-Fi 802.11n (only 802.11 b/g), but the Inspiron 15 incorporates Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity. Not a potent hardware configuration, though a very good one nonetheless, for its target audience…
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Webcam • Sports • Dedicated • Budget • Aspire • Acer

  • Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H review

    Support for superfast USB 3.0 devices is provided using an NEC controller, Gigabit Ethernet using a Realtek controller, and 7.1 HD-Audio using a Realtek ALC892 codec.Gigabyte has given the "Ultra Durable 3" tag which tells you that it offers…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Slots • Sata • Played • Index • Benchmarks • Benchmark

  • Asus Home Server TS mini review

    There's a power button on top, and all connectivity is relegated to the back of the unit, including the six USB 2.0 ports, two eSATA ports and a single Gigabit Ethernet port. It's a particularly impressive addition, giving users 500GB of storage…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Hard Drives • Hard Drive • Gigabit • Configure • Backups • Asus

White Papers

  • 10 Gigabit Ethernet Virtual Data Centre Architectures

    There are plenty of advantages in consolidation within a datacentre - particularly when it offers an opportunity to work with 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Gigabit Ethernet Virtual Data Centre Architectures Force10 Networks Making the most of consolidation…
    10 October 2008
    Tags: Datacentre • Consolidation • Architectures • Paper • Gigabit Ethernet

  • The Storage Area Network Goes Global

    The Storage Area Network Goes Global Neterion Combining the reliability of iSCSI with Full Error Recovery and the performance of 10 Gigabit Ethernet whitepaper As the demand for bandwidth grows, so does the reach of networks.
    09 March 2007
    Tags: Fibre Channel • Bandwidth • Locations • Locked • Globally

  • Comparing Cluster Interconnects

    This document presents a comparative analysis of the performance of LS-DYNA, a finite element analysis application, using two interconnect and fabric technologies: Gigabit Ethernet and Cisco InfiniBand.
    08 March 2007
    Tags: Gigabit • Handset • Safety • Analysis • Element • Infiniband

  • Oracle RAC over InfiniBand

    The HCAs have two 10-Gbps ports, and each of those ports supports an aggregate throughput of 20 Gbps-a bandwidth improvement of 20x compared to a typical Gigabit Ethernet card.Eliminates CPU load-InfiniBand uses RDMA, which allows send and receive…
    06 March 2007
    Tags: Ports • Gigabit Ethernet • Scalability • Throughput • Pci • Infiniband

  • Comparing Cluster Interconnects: LS-DYNA Performance Benchmarks over Gigabit Ethernet and Cisco InfiniBand

    This document presents a comparative analysis of the performance of LS-DYNA, a finite element analysis application, using two interconnect and fabric technologies: Gigabit Ethernet and Cisco InfiniBand.
    28 February 2007
    Tags: Gigabit • Fabric • Safety • Analysis • Element • Infiniband

  • Efficient Transport of Storage and Ethernet Across Hybrid DWDM and SONET/SDH Networks

    This document describes an innovative solution to efficiently transport Gigabit Ethernet and storage area network (SAN) protocols from multiple dense wavelength-division (DWDM) access rings across the core SONET/SDH network.
    21 February 2007
    Tags: Service Providers • Gigabit Ethernet • Transport • Sonet • Sdh

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