With the continued improvment's we see with 10Gb and the Apple O/S we get very excited when performance numbers boost! -- why? Because this means you can do more with Ethernet!
Small Tree's 10 Gigabit cards perform best using at least 9,000 byte jumbo frames!
Small Tree Intel 82598 10 Gigabit Ethernet Card Performance using various MTU sizes under 10.5.8;
8192 MTU's
1178 MB/sec
23% Receive CPU Utilization
12% Transmit CPU Utilization
8193 MTU's
1178 MB/sec
23% Receive CPU Utilization
11% Transmit CPU Utilization
8100 MTU's
1178 MB/sec
22% Receive CPU Utilization
11% Transmit CPU Utilization
8244 MTU's
1179 MB/sec
23% Receive CPU Utilization
12% Transmit CPU Utilization
9000 MTU's
1180 MB/sec
22% Receive CPU Utilization
11% Transmit CPU Utilization
(Performance measured using Mac Pro machines with Mac OS X 10.5.8 and netperf).
Do you know about FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet)??
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Small Tree's Intel Network Adapters for Mac = WOW!!
Small Tree's 10Gb PCIe Ethernet cards PETG1NDA, PETG2NDA, PETG1NF, PETG2NF perform at 9.89 Gb/sec with Small Tree's driver on Mac Pro systems.
You heard right! That is 98.9% of the theoretical maximum performance! - You cannot come much closer then pure 10Gb/sec! WOW
Just another reason to buy Small Tree products!
You heard right! That is 98.9% of the theoretical maximum performance! - You cannot come much closer then pure 10Gb/sec! WOW
Just another reason to buy Small Tree products!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
JPL Creative Installs Small Tree GraniteSTOR Ethernet Based Shared Storage!
JPL, a Harrisburg-based integrated communications company working across a variety of media, recently made the switch from a growing pile of G RAID drives to a single, cost-effective Ethernet-based shared storage solution featuring Small Tree technology to streamline workflow.
“We were working off ‘sneaker net’ drives from suite to suite, and had no ability to share the same media in our six edit suites,” said Paul Grosso, vice president of media productions for JPL. “This was a challenge, as we often work on multiple projects for our corporate clients – to support an event launch or the introduction of a new service – and we needed to have access to the same media across multiple suites in order to meet tight deadlines.”
Check out this entire article @ Broadcast Engineering to see why JPL shifted from "sneaker net" to Ethernet-based shared storage - http://tiny.cc/9cHfj.Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Caipirinha Productions Install's Small Tree GraniteSTOR!
I'd like to direct your attention to a recent (September 8th) post on Post Production Buyers Guide Blog.
Small Tree continues to make headway in the video editing market by providing a very well engineered solution for video editors to take advantage of their creative jobs, which will forever change the way they work!
Read more - Shared Storage Technology and Unique OS X Networking Capabilities Improve Workflow and Productivity for Caipirinha Productions
Small Tree continues to make headway in the video editing market by providing a very well engineered solution for video editors to take advantage of their creative jobs, which will forever change the way they work!
Read more - Shared Storage Technology and Unique OS X Networking Capabilities Improve Workflow and Productivity for Caipirinha Productions
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Small Tree Strikes Again with new Intel based 10Gb Driver
Hi Small Tree fans,
There was a press release sent out on August 17th. This post is a little out of date with that release, but we wanted to bring it to you anyway in case you missed it!
Oakdale, MN, August 17, 2009 — Small Tree, designer of simple-to-install, inexpensive Mac-based networking and shared storage products, has finished developing its network driver software for the next generation of Intel® Ethernet 10 Gigabit PCI Express Adapter, based on the Intel® 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller. Small Tree’s OS X software driver designed for Intel’s adapters offers a significant performance improvement in 10 Gigabit connections at an affordable price for the Apple marketplace.
Small Tree’s technology is ready to support all the new performance boosting features in the upcoming Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. Development was focused on providing reliable real time performance using Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), the protocol chosen most often by Final Cut users to share files. The software has also been optimized to work seamlessly with Small Tree’s GraniteSTOR line of robust, affordable Ethernet-based shared storage products – ST-RAID, abcSAN and EasyAoE.
“Small Tree’s software for the Intel 82599 10 Gigabit controller represents our third generation 10 Gigabit product for OS X customers,” said Corky Seeber, President of Small Tree. “We will continually strive to provide the highest 10 Gigabit network performance possible on the Intel-powered Mac platform.”
“Intel Ethernet 10 Gigabit adapters are ideal for systems where high performance and low latency are critical,” said Steve Schultz, director of marketing, Intel LAN Access Division. “Intel adapters with custom drivers, such as Small Tree’s, enable support for a full range of I/O intensive applications, such as high definition video editing, image processing and storage backup.”
About Small Tree
Small Tree is the Mac Networking Expert, making networking child’s play. Small Tree provides a complete portfolio of Ethernet-based networking and storage solutions for Apple Mac OS X
customers. Small Tree’s team of networking developers has extensive experience in high
performance computing and knows how to achieve the demanding application requirements of Mac customers. Small Tree also provides contracted programming services for the Department of Defense. For more information about the company and its products, please call 1-866-STC4MAC (1-866-782-4622), or visit www.small-tree.com.
Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
There was a press release sent out on August 17th. This post is a little out of date with that release, but we wanted to bring it to you anyway in case you missed it!
Small Tree Provides Driver Support for
Intel’s Latest 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Architecture
Intel’s Latest 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Architecture
Oakdale, MN, August 17, 2009 — Small Tree, designer of simple-to-install, inexpensive Mac-based networking and shared storage products, has finished developing its network driver software for the next generation of Intel® Ethernet 10 Gigabit PCI Express Adapter, based on the Intel® 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller. Small Tree’s OS X software driver designed for Intel’s adapters offers a significant performance improvement in 10 Gigabit connections at an affordable price for the Apple marketplace.
Small Tree’s technology is ready to support all the new performance boosting features in the upcoming Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. Development was focused on providing reliable real time performance using Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), the protocol chosen most often by Final Cut users to share files. The software has also been optimized to work seamlessly with Small Tree’s GraniteSTOR line of robust, affordable Ethernet-based shared storage products – ST-RAID, abcSAN and EasyAoE.
“Small Tree’s software for the Intel 82599 10 Gigabit controller represents our third generation 10 Gigabit product for OS X customers,” said Corky Seeber, President of Small Tree. “We will continually strive to provide the highest 10 Gigabit network performance possible on the Intel-powered Mac platform.”
“Intel Ethernet 10 Gigabit adapters are ideal for systems where high performance and low latency are critical,” said Steve Schultz, director of marketing, Intel LAN Access Division. “Intel adapters with custom drivers, such as Small Tree’s, enable support for a full range of I/O intensive applications, such as high definition video editing, image processing and storage backup.”
About Small Tree
Small Tree is the Mac Networking Expert, making networking child’s play. Small Tree provides a complete portfolio of Ethernet-based networking and storage solutions for Apple Mac OS X
customers. Small Tree’s team of networking developers has extensive experience in high
performance computing and knows how to achieve the demanding application requirements of Mac customers. Small Tree also provides contracted programming services for the Department of Defense. For more information about the company and its products, please call 1-866-STC4MAC (1-866-782-4622), or visit www.small-tree.com.
Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Introducing Small Tree's Edge-corE Brand ES4528V "Green" Managed Gigabit Switch
Small Tree recently started shipping the new Edge-corE ES4528V "Green" switch. This is a Layer 2 Managed Gigabyte Ethernet Switch!
When Small Tree deploys a video editing solution, the hardware inside the solution must meet a minimum requirements list by Small Tree's quality control team to ensure it's ability to perform in your Real Time video editing environment.
If you are wondering about some of the features that the new ES4528V has, then here;* It's *green* so you get power savings and help fight global warming. It is also RoHs compliant.
* It offers 28 ports rather than 24. So you get more for the money.
* It's fanless so it works well in a studio environment. (A lot of performance in a quiet package.)
* It has a much improved GUI with better statistics and more intuitive links between screens.
The Edge-corE ES4528V is a functional alternative to any Layer 2 Managed Gigabit Switch you may be considering integrating into your Mac network!
Small Tree looks forward to keeping you updated about this switch and other products from Edge-corE.
If you would like more information or documentation about Small Tree's Edge-corE ES4528V Managed Gigabit Switch, please contact us at thesalesblog@small-tree.com or via phone at 1-888-782-4622
Monday, June 22, 2009
Small Tree at Apple's WWDC 2009
Hey all,
It's been about a week or so since WWDC 2009 was going on. Although the information that can be given about WWDC is limited, we have outlined a few items that we feel are okay to mention, and that you'd like to know about.
It's been about a week or so since WWDC 2009 was going on. Although the information that can be given about WWDC is limited, we have outlined a few items that we feel are okay to mention, and that you'd like to know about.
1) The 64-bit kernel has greatly improved performance of function calls, memory copies, etc...
2) All network file systems will be noticeably faster in 10.6. (It is unclear if this is for 32bit and 64bit or just the 32bit kernal)
3) It was announced that OSX server will run the 64-bit kernel by default.
4) The developer tools are greatly improved. There are new code analysis tools to help generate cleaner code. The DTrace tools have been enhanced allowing greater focus on problems.
5) Small Tree even attended a few iPhone sessions. They are packed. We talked to multiple people whose companies have no macs - they are there just to learn about iPhone. Over half of the attendees are first timers.
As you can see Apple is giving us some insight to some exciting stuff coming down in 10.6. We're sure that even what we do not know about in detail is even more exciting then what we've mentioned here.
New O/S enhancments and Server performance improvments will mean that Small Tree is able to engineer and architecht even better solutions for your Video Editing over Ethernet needs.
Small Tree intends to incorporate every improvment possible to bring you the best performing ethernet solutions for Mac!
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