Enabling the utility data center Offering a high-performance
inter-connect solution
Switched Computing is an exciting new computing model that lets
customers create virtual computers from pools of industry-standard
server, storage, and networking building blocks. Topspin provides
an intelligent, high performance, standards-based interconnect
solution that allows industry-standard server clusters to exceed
the price/performance of proprietary high-end servers and offers
a foundation for automated application provisioning and on-demand
computing.
A New Computing Model - Create virtual
computers from pools of industry-standard server, storage,
and networking building blocks.
The Topspin Switched Computing System is a programmable
switching platform that consists of a switched multi-terabit
interconnect and an intelligent control architecture. The
high-bandwidth, low-latency interconnect is extremely adaptable.
Whether attached via Ethernet, Fibre Channel, or InfiniBand,
server, storage, and network elements can be seamlessly brought
on line as needed to enable an unprecedented level of application
scaling, rapid deployment, and resource consolidation.
The Topspin Switched Computing System delivers real
and compelling benefits:
- Dramatically reduce total cost of ownership
- Rapidly deploy and scale resources on demand to match
business and application requirements
- Better utilize existing infrastructure investments
- Improve application performance and availability
- Eliminate over-provisioning and waste
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