The OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) is an open-source project.  OFA develops, tests, licenses and distributes Linux and Windows driver and middleware software for high-performance, low-latency networks.  The software stack OFA is developing offers organizations an economical approach to data transport along with unsurpassed flexibility and performance.  This enables the software stack to support today’s enterprise and high-performance computing (HPC) applications while facilitating a non-disruptive evolution to the next generation of computing technologies.

OpenFabrics software supports both Ethernet and InfiniBand, and the software stack is compatible with many hardware architectures.  Application services and upper-level protocols in the software stack support clustered file systems, database application environments, IP, NAS, SAN, sockets, and much more.  OFA also manages interoperability testing and certification of the software stack across many vendor platforms and product types.  OFA software is used worldwide in corporate datacenters, HPC sites, research institutes, and industries as diverse as bioinformatics, electronic design, engineering, entertainment & media, financial services, and oil & gas.