Demartek Evaluates Intel 10GbE Adapter for FCoE and iSCSI

Demartek, LLC announces its evaluation of the Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520.
Intel commissioned Demartek to compare the performance of their Intel
Ethernet Server Adapter X520 that supports Ethernet, Fibre Channel over
Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI protocols with those of the two leading Fibre
Channel adapter vendors.

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 Source: CDW.com August 25, 2010

The goal of this testing was to evaluate products in environments
similar to actual customer environments. As a result, these tests were
performed with well-known disk storage arrays with spinning disk drives
in FCoE and iSCSI configurations similar to those typically found in
customer datacenters, rather than testing theoretical performance with
specialized hardware not typically found in customer environments.

"We found that the performance of the Intel X520 adapter was
comparable to competitive 10Gb FCoE adapters for a broad spectrum of
tests," said Dennis Martin, Demartek President. "Because the
adapter performance was reasonably close in most of these tests, IT
professionals need to consider the cost of these adapters, especially in
environments where many adapters are required."