Tag Archives: Mellanox

Will We Ever See InfiniBand in Desktop Computers?

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

[Update: the post is not actually about InfiniBand as such, it’s more about convergence that can be brought by the new Intel Omni Scale Fabric :-) Please see the comment below the post, and thanks for your time!] When I … Continue reading →

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Building Fat-Tree Networks with Ethernet Hardware

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

Fat-tree networks work very well with InfiniBand hardware. At the same time, a fat-tree built with Ethernet switches may not always work: this is because switches must be able to discover multiple paths in a topology and balance traffic among … Continue reading →

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648-Port InfiniBand FDR Switches Added to the Database

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

It’s Christmas time… Just a few hours, and year 2013 will become a thing of the past. Gone with it will also be the outdated InfiniBand QDR hardware that was — until today — used in the fat-tree design tool. … Continue reading →

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Real Cost Comparison of Fat-tree and Torus Networks

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

Thanks to Mellanox Technologies, our tool that designs fat-tree and torus networks now operates with real life prices for InfiniBand hardware. Mellanox kindly provided list prices for the previous generation of switches, InfiniBand QDR: these figures are not likely to … Continue reading →

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InfiniBand: Who is the Market Leader?

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Konstantin S. Solnushkin

So, Intel recently announced their plans to acquire QLogic, the manufacturer of InfiniBand hardware and software. I just wanted to compare the two major InfiniBand manufacturers, QLogic and Mellanox, by their sizes. Here is the graph: If you are a … Continue reading →

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