How RDMA Increases Virtualization Performance Without Compromising Efficiency

Written by Motti Beck

Virtualization has already proven itself to be the best way to improve data center efficiency and to simplify management tasks. However, getting those benefits requires using the various services that the Hypervisor provides. This introduces delay and results in longer execution time, compared to running over a non-virtualized data center (native infrastructure). This drawback hasn’t been hidden from the eyes of the high-tech R&D community seeking ways to enjoy the advantages of virtualization with a minimal effect on performance:

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