QLogic Corp. QLGC, a leading supplier of high performance network infrastructure solutions, today announced that its QLogic® FastLinQ™ 3400 Series Intelligent Ethernet adapters are certified with Cloudera Enterprise 5 as part of the Cloudera Certified Technology program. By collaborating with Cloudera, the leader in enterprise analytic data management powered by Apache Hadoop™, QLogic makes it possible for customers to confidently deploy QLogic's latest 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) adapter solutions in big data environments.
The combination of QLogic's long history of networking innovation and Cloudera's leadership in big data enables customers to create and implement comprehensive, full-featured big data solutions. QLogic FastLinQ 3400 Series adapters accelerate access to critical data with industry-leading 10GbE performance. These OEM-proven adapters enhance software-defined and virtualized environments by removing bottlenecks and optimizing quality of service.
"Swelling data volumes, increasingly complex data sets and security challenges have made it difficult for organizations to efficiently process vast amounts of data through traditional applications," said Vikram Karvat, vice president of products, marketing and planning, QLogic. "Data-driven organizations are increasingly turning to emerging analytics capabilities to accelerate data processing and increase business agility. QLogic 10GbE adapters, combined with Cloudera Enterprise 5, empower institutions to take a data-centric approach to resolving these challenges."
"We created the Cloudera Certified Technology program to make it simpler for our customers to choose the right components and software applications to extract the most value from their data," said Tim Stevens, vice president of Corporate and Business Development at Cloudera. "Cloudera Certified products such as QLogic FastLinQ 3400 Series adapters have been validated to work seamlessly with Cloudera Enterprise 5 to ensure easy integration and optimal I/O networking synergy."
QLogic FastLinQ 3400 Series adapters are fully adopted by every major tier-1 OEM server manufacturer and have been tested and validated to comply with Cloudera software and development guidelines, including:
Overall architecture
Observance of the Hadoop interface classification system
Complete integration testing
Compliance with Cloudera support policies and requirements
Cluster capability using real-world workloads and micro-benchmarks
QLogic 10Gb Ethernet: Performance with Flexibility
By delivering wire-speed 10GbE performance with low CPU utilization, QLogic 10GbE adapters excel in modern computing environments. Featuring multiple protocol offload and concurrent LAN (TCP/IP) and SAN (FCoE, iSCSI) protocol processing over a shared 10GbE link, QLogic 10GbE adapters offer maximum flexibility. Ultra-low CPU utilization frees up server cycles for business-critical applications and the increased mobility of VMs.
Why QLogic?
The most advanced networks demand sophisticated capabilities, and for 20 years QLogic has consistently delivered performance, innovation, flexibility, reliability and control for these environments. Breakthrough application performance gives customers faster time-to-data. Innovation delivers new capabilities, greater efficiency and maximum performance. Unprecedented flexibility connects mission-critical applications to any storage network, and robust infrastructure management capabilities put network controls in the hands of customers.
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