“We are delighted that OFED 1.3 has passed validation and has been verified as compatible with the Intel™ Cluster Ready specification. As an active participant in the validation of both OFED and Cluster Ready systems, we are dedicated to continuously improving the robustness of the stack, leading to better and easier cluster deployments based on these technologies.”

Richard Dracott, general manager of High-Performance Computing at Intel Corp.

“The availability of QoS features in OFED 1.3 enables granular classification of data-center traffic types and applying service-driven policies for those traffic classes. The result is a full and practical realization of a consolidated, cost-effective, and service-oriented networking infrastructure that spans the entire data center and its applications.”

Aviram Gutman, vice president of Software Engineering at Mellanox Technologies

“The release of OFED 1.3 is a milestone, demonstrating broad industry support for accelerated networking technologies that are available to everyone. Because NetEffect has participated in OFA from the outset, our 1Gb and 10Gb accelerated Ethernet adapters already support OFED 1.3, making it possible for our customers to immediately take advantage of the RDMA capabilities in the OFED stack.”

Rick Maule, CEO and president, NetEffect

“Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Real Application Clusters delivers industry-leading database scalability and availability using server grids on high-performance, consolidated IO fabrics like InfiniBand. OFED 1.3 includes the Reliable Datagram Service (RDS) protocol, which enhances Oracle’s grid technology by providing a very high-performance protocol for inter-node communication. We are looking forward to OFED 1.3 and RDS becoming widely deployed within our customer base.”

Juan Loaiza, senior vice president, Systems Technology, Oracle Corp.

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