The Case for InfiniBand Over Ethernet : The Evolutionary Step for IPC Consolidation Over 10 Gigabit Ethernet

The industry momentum behind Fiber over Ethernet (FoE) sets some significant precedence that raises questions about what is the best approach for server to server messaging (or inter process communication or IPC) using zero-copy send/Receive and Remote DMA (RDMA) technologies over Ethernet. There are two competing technologies for IPC - InfiniBand and warp (based on 10GigE). If one were to apply the same business and technical logic behind the initial success of Foe, one would conclude that InfiniBand over Ethernet (Ibo) makes the most sense.