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NetXen 10Gb Intelligent Networking Boosts Virtual Machine Performance 
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Although virtualization holds tremendous promise, realizing its full benefits has been limited by I/O bandwidth constraints. This paper describes how NetXen's 10Gb Intelligent Networking and new features in the latest virtualized operating systems break through the I/O bottlenecks and give virtualized environments the extended performance required to realize the full benefits of this technology. |
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Linux Sockets Acceleration: Maximizing Efficiency and Performance in the Data Center (919 KB, PDF)
Over the last decade, Linux has gained significant market share and a strong following in the enterprise data center due to its flexible architecture, open-source heritage, stability of interfaces, and low acquisition cost. This paper introduces a Linux Sockets Acceleration technology from NetXen that brings the advantages of stateful offload (with no recompile) to Linux users. |
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The Future of Ethernet I/O Virtualization is Here Today (662 KB, PDF)
Server virtualization based on virtual machine (VM) software is becoming a popular solution for consolidation of datacenter servers. The NetXen NetSlice architecture addresses evolving virtualization requirements by incorporating a unique degree of programmable support for virtualization and protocol offload. |
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10Gig Chimney – Smoking the Competition (170 KB, PDF)
Learn how NetXen’s Intelligent NIC® technology works with Microsoft TCP Chimney Offload to increase network throughput and reduce CPU overhead. |
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The Data Center Network of the Future: 10 Gigabit Ethernet (508 KB, PDF)
As enterprise data centers move through IT consolidation phases toward next-generation architectures that increasingly leverage virtualization technologies, the importance of very high performance 10GbE Intelligent NICs and 10GbE switches will continue to grow. This paper examines the evolution of the data center network and the role 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology will play in its future. |
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Power and Cost Savings Using NetXen’s Intelligent NIC® (107 KB, PDF)
Power and cooling are two of the most important challenges facing the data center. This paper examines how NetXen’s Intelligent NIC technology delivers power savings in the data center by actively improving the CPU utilization for applications.
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How 10GbE Intelligent Networking Can Cut Data Center Power Consumption by As Much as 30 Percent (749 KB, PDF)
10GbE Intelligent Networking can significantly cut power consumption in the data center by effectively increasing the impact of virtualization technology, multiplying the energy savings obtained by deploying low power dual and quad-core processor technologies and accelerating infrastructure consolidation through the elimination of redundant, power consuming, network and storage infrastructure. When used in conjunction with other emerging technologies, the deployment of 10GbE Intelligent Networking technology in the data center communications backbone can reduce power consumption in data center IT equipment by up to 30 percent or more.
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