Qlogic 2500 Series 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter of Choice in User Manual download pdf

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Key Findings

The QLogic and the Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters were tested with the most current software and firmware available. The

test environment provided an unconstrained assessment of IOPS, throughput performance, and scalability in a real-world Hyper-V

environment. The test results show that:

• In Hyper-V environments, the QLogic 2500 Series 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter offers up to 48 percent higher IOPS and

throughput compared to the Emulex LightPulse 12000 Series Adapter.

– QLogic 2500 Series Adapter IOPS are up to 48 percent higher than Emulex when performing sequential read operations.

– QLogic 2500 Series Adapter IOPS are up to 18 percent higher than Emulex when performing sequential write operations.

– QLogic 2500 Series Adapter IOPS are up to 40 percent higher than Emulex when performing sequential read/write

operations.

• The QLogic 2500 Series Adapter demonstrates up to 44 percent superior VM scalability than the Emulex LightPulse 12000

Series Adapter. The QLogic adapter continues to scale as VM workloads are increased from two to eight.

8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter of Choice

in Microsoft

Hyper-V

Environments

QLogic 8Gb Adapter Outperforms Emulex—QLogic Offers Best

Performance and Scalability in Hyper-V Environments

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WHITE PAPERKey FindingsThe QLogic and the Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapters were tested with the most current software and firmware available. The te

HSG-WP09004 PX2832003-00 Rev. B 05/12 2 WHITE PAPERMicrosoft Micro-Benchmark and Hyper-V Scalability ConfigurationThe IOmeter tool benchmarked the

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HSG-WP09004 PX2832003-00 Rev. B 05/12 3 WHITE PAPERTest ResultsThe test results demonstrated superior performance of the QLogic 2500 Series 8Gb Fi

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HSG-WP09004 PX2832003-00 Rev. B 05/12 4 WHITE PAPERVirtual Machine ScalabilityQLogic 2500 Series Adapters meet the demand of today’s data center (

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HSG-WP09004 PX2832003-00 Rev. B 05/12 5 WHITE PAPERSummary and ConclusionQLogic continues to be the industry leader in delivering high-performance

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HSG-WP09004 PX2832003-00 Rev. B 05/12 6 WHITE PAPERAppendixServer ConfigurationIntel ServerProcessor type and speedTylersburg – 8 Core Xeon®, two

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HSG-WP09004 PX2832003-00 Rev. B 05/12 7 WHITE PAPERDisclaimerReasonable efforts have been made to ensure the validity and accuracy of these perfor

Qlogic 2500 Series 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter of Choice in User Manual