Competitive Landscape: TNICs vs. NICs vs. iSCSI HBAs

Competitive Landscape: TNICs vs. NICs vs. iSCSI HBAs
Comparing Network Interface Solutions MessageToday's systems and servers need an efficient way to Size TNIC Zonemove the ever-increasing amounts of data over net- Medical Imaging Video Imagingworks. Many companies have introduced solutions High End NASsuch as TCP/IP Offload Engines (TOE) Network File ServingInterface Cards (TNICs), Network Interface Cards Mid Range NAS Backup(NICs), and iSCSI Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) to solve Application CAD/CAMOnly Alacritech efficiency and throughput challenges. However, the CRM Data Explosionaccelerates functionality of these solutions is quite varied, and in OLTPsome cases, rapidly becoming obsolete. ERMExchangeapplications in Database Web Collaborationthe TNIC Zone Alacritech is the world's leading provider of acceler- Entry NAS Bandwidthation solutions, and its TNICs and iSCSI controllers NIC Zoneoffer immense benefits over conventional NICs andiSCSI HBAs. The benefits of each solution are com- If your server applications operate within the TNIC Zone, theAlacritech Accelerator is the only product on the market todaypared in the following charts. that delivers server acceleration and true price/performance.The Alacritech TNIC is the only Windows TOE card that canaccelerate both servers and iSCSI storage traffic.
TNIC ComparisonsThe Alacritech Accelerator is the only shipping, TOE NIC card for Windows in the marketplace today.
TOE: TOE:Windows Offloads TCP Offloads TCP 802.3ad Link iSCSIAlacritech Vendor Model Media Shipping Drivers Packet Processing Data Placement Aggregation Supporthas the only CopperAlacritech Accelerator Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesFiberavailable Copper No NotAdaptec NAC 7711 Yes Linux only Yes No NoWindows TNIC Fiber Recommended
NIC ComparisonsThe Alacritech Accelerator is the only network card for Windows that also has TOE functionality.
TOE: TOE: TOE:Vendor Model Media Offloads Checksum Offloads TCP Offloads TCPProcessing Packet Processing Data PlacementCopperAlacritech Accelerator Yes Yes YesFiberiSCSI CopperAlacritech Alacritech Yes iSCSI only iSCSI onlyAccelerator Fiberis the only CopperIntel PRO/1000 Yes No NoFiberWindows NIC PRO/1000 CopperIntel Yes No Nocard with Dual Port FiberPRO/1000full TOE Intel Copper Yes No NoQuad Portfunctionality Broadcom NetXtreme Copper Yes No No
3Com Gigabit Copper Yes No NoServer NIC Fiber
TAccelerating Data DeliveryCompetitive Landscape ContinuediSCSI HBA and Controller ComparisonsAlacritech Accelerators are the only cards that accelerate iSCSI storage traffic to full wire-speed.
Microsoft Wire-Speed 802.3ad Link Network NetworkVendor Model Media Shipping iSCSI Initiator Read & WriteOperations* Aggregation* Support* AccelerationCopperAlacritech Accelerator Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesOnly FiberAlacritech SES1001 iSCSI Copper Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NoAlacritech Accelerator Fiberaccelerates iSCSI Adaptec iSCSI ASA 7211 Copper Yes No No No No NoFiber Proprietarystorage traffic to Intel PRO/1000 T IP Copper Yes No No No No NoStorage Adapter Proprietaryfull wire-speed QLogic SANblade Copper No N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A4010 Fiber*independently verified in Alacritech commissioned testing by VeriTest
Ethernet Consolidation Alacritech AcceleratorsAlacritech Accelerators enable unsurpassed server performanceiiSCSI Traffic Workstations and network throughput.NNetwork Traffic NNNNNNNiNiNiNiiiServer with iiiiiiiiiAlacritech GigabitAccelerator Storage
While the Alacritech iSCSI Accelerator optimizes iSCSI traffic(similar to other HBA products), it also carries network traffic.In comparison, the Alacritech Accelerator line of TNIC productsoptimize both networking and storage over existing Ethernetinfrastructures.The Benefits of TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE)Integrating an Alacritech Accelerator into a Windows-based server provides trans-parent acceleration for all networked applications including iSCSI. This representsthe most cost-effective server upgrade to reduce total cost of ownership.
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