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posted on 21 February 2008 22:14

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., February 21, 2008 – QLogic Corp. (NASDAQ:QLGC), a leader in networking for storage and high performance computing (HPC), today announced it has completed validation testing of its suite of InfiniBand products with the IBM DB2 data server portfolio, including IBM DB2 9.1 “Viper,” giving businesses the ability to use ultra high bandwidth and extremely low latency QLogic® InfiniBand® networking to interconnect their clustered DB2 databases and improve overall performance.

InfiniBand also provides companies with a “single pipe” architecture that can be used for server, storage and networking traffic which simplifies data center design and reduces operating costs.

“QLogic InfiniBand networking solutions provide high bandwidth and low latency performance features that are key to high performance, clustered database implementation,” said Frank Berry, vice president of marketing, QLogic Corp. “InfiniBand offers up to 20Gb of bandwidth that can be used to eliminate the need for separate physical server connections to storage and network resources, thereby reducing the costs and complexity of servicing an enterprise DB2 implementation.”

IBM DB2 9.1 is IBM's fastest-growing and most successful data server product in more than two decades and has ushered in a new era in data management by seamlessly and simultaneously managing both XML and relational data, regardless of format, platform or location. DB2 9.1 features IBM’s patented pureXML technology, a capability that allows customers to efficiently store and use data in an XML format. XML is increasingly used as the standard data interchange format between disparate applications, businesses and domains. It also incorporates DB2 9 “venom” technology that compresses row data to reduce storage requirements, improve I/O efficiency, and provide quicker data access.

QLogic High Performance Computing Solutions – Second to None
QLogic offers a comprehensive end-to-end product portfolio of HPC solutions which includes multi-protocol fabric directors, edge fabric switches, host channel adapters (HCAs), and a complete software suite to install, operate, and maintain high performance interconnect fabrics. Delivering the industry’s highest message rate, lowest MPI latency and highest effective bandwidth, QLogic InfiniBand HCAs enable MPI and TCP applications to scale to thousands of nodes with unprecedented price-performance. The most comprehensive and flexible interconnect fabric solutions on the market, QLogic InfiniBand switches incorporate the industry's only fabric management tools that enable an administrator to install and boot an InfiniBand fabric in minutes, helping to satisfy the growing demand for high performance computational clusters and grids.

About QLogic
QLogic is a leading supplier of high performance storage networking solutions, which include the controller chips, host adapters and fabric switches that are the backbone of storage networks for most Global 2000 corporations. The company delivers a broad and diverse portfolio of products that includes Fibre Channel HBAs, blade server embedded Fibre Channel switches, Fibre Channel stackable switches, iSCSI HBAs and iSCSI routers. The company is also a leading supplier of InfiniBand switches and InfiniBand host channel adapters for the emerging high performance computing market. QLogic products are delivered to small-to-medium businesses and large enterprises around the world via its channel partner community. QLogic products are also powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index.