Stordis, the high performance distributor, has announced a new “free test drive” programme on its latest low latency 10GbE networking solutions. The product bundles include a Fujitsu XG2600 10Gb Ethernet switch, paired with two Myricom NICs, Finisar transceivers and OM3cables for high-speed server connectivity.
Even under the current economic conditions, low latency 10GbE networking is developing into a large growth market. The technology delivers significant competitive advantage in financial trading. It also enables faster, more efficient and more cost effective computing architectures in areas such as broadcast, video production and more general-purpose virtualised datacentre environments.
However, the attractiveness of the low-latency market is also generating spurious claims, unrealistic test scenarios and general marketing hype from vendors keen for a piece of the action.
“The latency claims being made by some switch and card vendors are frankly irresponsible and run the risk of ruining their channel partners’ reputations with high-value customers,” comments Alexander Jeffries, managing director at Stordis. “The people buying this equipment make significant returns from genuine performance – and they know how to test this. Our products deliver the lowest possible latency figures in a vast majority of production environments, not just in a test-lab, where results can be rigged using artificial parameters. We believe that most other players in this market are simply not as keen to have their claims tested in real-world scenarios.”
Stordis and its partners are so confident in the performance of the Fujitsu XG2600 in combination with Myricom networking cards that they are offering a free trial with brand new equipment to anyone evaluating 10GbE networking.
“When they see the performance, we know people won’t want to give this equipment back,“ continues Jeffries. “Especially in combination with the price reductions we are offering over the coming months.”
Stordis are offering three bundles including the Free Test Drive Package which can be purchased at the end of the evaluation at a discounted price.
Bundle details
The Test Drive Package – available for free for 30 Days evaluation – is targeted at those wishing to test the system with two high performance machines, either servers or workstations. The package includes:
– 1x Fujitsu XG2600 switch (26-port SFP+ based 10GbE switch)
– 2x Myricom 10G-PCIE2-8B2-2S (dual-port 10GbE NICs)
– 8x Finisar FTLX8571D3BCL (SFP+ 10GbE SR transceivers)
– 4x Molex 3m OM3 LC-LC duplex cables
The Medium Business Promotional Package, is intended for organisations looking to tie multiple workstations into high performance applications, mid-sized virtualised datacentre environments and10GbE iSCSI storage requirements.
This package includes:
– 1x Fujitsu XG2600 switch (26-port SFP+ based 10GbE switch)
– 10x Myricom 10G-PCIE2-8B2-2S (dual-port 10GbE NICs)
– 40x Finisar FTLX8571D3BCL (SFP+ 10GbE SR transceivers)
– 20x Molex 3m OM3 LC-LC duplex cables
The Enterprise/Service Provider Promotional Package, is intended for larger organisations intending to utilise more of the XG2600’s 26 10GbE ports. This would include algorithmic traders running a bank of latency sensitive applications, service providers running a virtualised hosting environment, public or private cloud infrastructures, and energy/performance sensitive enterprise datacentres.
This package includes:
– 2x Fujitsu XG2600 switch (26-port SFP+ based 10GbE switch)
– 20x Myricom 10G-PCIE2-8B2-2S (dual-port 10GbE NICs)
– 80x Finisar FTLX8571D3BCL (SFP+ 10GbE SR transceivers)
– 40x Molex 3m OM3 LC-LC duplex cables