The HP QMH2672 16Gb Mezzanine Fibre Channel Host Bust Adapters provide a step into the 16Gb/s future with greater performance and advanced, embedded support for virtualized environments. Their introduction brings SAN infrastructure components to a higher level of performance and efficiency with the ability to deliver twice the I/O performance of 8Gb FC HBAs.<br> <br>The HP QMH2672 purchased today is backward compatible with 8Gb storage networks and will protect future investments and provide full port isolation design. When using storage intensive applications , such as backup, database transactions , and virtualization, the increased performance of the HP QMH2672 enables more rapid storage and retrieval of critical information.<br> <br>Designed for environments with greater virtual machine density and bandwidth requirements , the HP QMH2672 enable more applications and virtual machines to run on a single server and port , resulting in reduced cabling and higher return on IT investment