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Voltaire, a leading provider of high performance InfiniBand solutions, introduced today the Voltaire InfiniBand Database Solution for 64-Bit Computing. The solution allows IT managers to move their IBM DB2 or Oracle database applications from expensive high-end servers to low cost commodity server clusters while maintaining superior application performance. “As InfiniBand technology continues to mature and garner support from major systems and database vendors like IBM and Oracle, offerings such as Voltaire’s InfiniBand Database Solution bring new potential for Linux clusters in the data center,” said Arun Taneja, Founder and Consulting Analyst, The Taneja Group. “Moreover, InfiniBand is the perfect complement to 64-bit platforms, as processors such as Opteron and Itanium2 generate larger I/O traffic requiring the high bandwidth capabilities of InfiniBand.” “As applications scale to 64-bit platforms, it becomes even more evident that scalable clusters require the high performance that only InfiniBand can provide,” said Arun Jain, vice president of marketing, Voltaire. “The combination of InfiniBand’s high speed, low latency capabilities and Voltaire’s intelligent switching solutions with 64-bit support makes database clustering a very compelling solution for enterprise data centers.” The Voltaire InfiniBand Database Solution for 64-Bit Computing supports IBM DB2 and Oracle databases, including Oracle 9i, Oracle Database 10g, and IBM DB2 ICE, including support for all versions of DB2 Universal Database (UDB). The Voltaire InfiniBand Database Solution is the first end-to-end solution that includes clustering, storage and IP connectivity to be validated and certified by a database vendor as part of an integrated cluster offering. The Voltaire InfiniBand Database Solution for 64-Bit Computing includes: • Voltaire ISR 6000 InfiniBand switch router • VoltaireVision™ InfiniBand Fabric Management Software embedded in the ISR 6000 to provide device management, fabric management and service level management • A complete software stack for Linux (SuSE and Red Hat) including drivers and upper layer protocols • 4X InfiniBand adapters • 4X InfiniBand cables • Optional features include: seamless Fibre Channel SAN connectivity based on Voltaire’s iSCSI RDMA solution and intelligent InfiniBand-to-FC routers and LAN connectivity with Voltaire’s InfiniBand-to-TCP/IP routers