[November 21, 2009] VirtenSys Releases Line of VIO 4000 I/O Virtualization Switches Tweet Nov 20, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- VirtenSys, a developer of I/O solutions for data centers, announced the introduction of its VIO 4000 I/O virtualization switches for high performance computer (HPC) clusters. According to VirtenSys, the VIO 4000 switches consolidate, virtualize and share all the servers I/O resources within a rack. The switches deliver the full network and storage connectivity bandwidth to each server. The I/O virtualization switches are based on the native PCI Express (PCIe) server standards. Additionally, VIO 4000 switches provide servers with low-latency and high-bandwidth inter-processor communication (IPC) for message passing utilizing PCIe interconnects, with no additional cost or performance overhead. Similarly, the switches provide applications with access to low-latency and low-cost global shared memory (GSM) for high-speed data caching and processing. Large arrays of local shared solid state drives (SSD) are also available as raw storage for information logging and file sharing. No changes are required in servers, operating systems or applications to leverage these capabilities. The VIO 4000 switches consolidate, virtualize and share the major types of server networking and storage connectivity, including Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), SAS/SATA and Fibre Channel, without requiring any changes to servers, networks, I/O adapters or management infrastructures. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]