To win server OEM deals that could take it out of the HPC realm, Level 5 must battle Broadcom Corp. (Nasdaq: BRCM) and Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) as well as fellow startups Chelsio and Neterion.
Analyst Bob Wheeler of The Linley Group agrees that Level 5 needs to penetrate the server market but says it needs to support 10-Gbit Ethernet speed to keep up with Neterion, which already has an OEM deal with Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) and others.
Where the market is today, whats important for Level 5 is getting hooked up with a Tier 1 OEM, Wheeler says. Their approach is interesting. I think theyll have greater benefits for Web server and clustering applications.
Level 5 is working on a PCI-Express version of its product, and expects a 10-Gbit/s card in the first half of 2006. Krelle says he expects the rollout to be in time for IP SANs to take advantage of 10 Gbit/s.
Were talking to storage companies, too, he says. I think youll almost certainly see 10-Gig Ethernet in IP SANs next year.
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