- Maximum performance - over 1 million input/output operations per second (IOPS) to support larger server virtualization deployments and scalable cloud initiatives, as well as performance to match multi-core processors, SSDs and faster server host bus architectures
- Improves IT staff productivity through simplified deployment and management
- Reduces the number of cards, cables and PCIe slots required
- Exceptional performance per watt and price/performance ratios
- Integrates seamlessly into existing SANs
- Allows application of SAN best practices, tools and processes with virtual server deployments
- Assures data availability and data integrity
Exceptional price/performance, advanced management functionality that can shave days off installing and managing adapters, coupled with up to 3x better IOPS performance per watt, make Emulex LightPulse 16G Fiber Channel (16GFC) host bus adapters (HBAs) the clear choice for the toughest virtualized, cloud and mission critical deployments. The LightPulse single-channel LPe16000 features the Emulex bullet-proof driver-stack, backward compatibility to 4 and 8G Fiber Channel HBAs and rock-solid reliability with a heritage that spans back to the first generation of Fiber Channel adapters to today's 16GFC adapters.