- Mar 8, 2012
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Hello 2012 !!
I'm considering buying a few 10gBase-T network interface cards for iscsi usage .
I've looked into the solarflare ones and intel ones, reading brochures and specs on their sites , which is basically just advertising.
http://www.solarflare.com/Mid-Range-10GbE-Adapters
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/network-adapters/10-gigabit-network-adapters/ethernet-10gigabit-adapters.html
Yet i can't find a serious independent side by side review of today's available 10gBase-T nic's anywhere.
Since I can't afford a switch I'm going to be putting 2 2port nics in my main file server . That way i'll have 4 computers i'll be able to boot on iscsi , and access shares through samba .
So for benchmarks I'm looking for numbers when it comes to transferring data straight from 1 computer to another, latency tests , also smb network benchmarks , using linux or windows as a server , what kinds of transfer I can expect (if I bridge the 4 ports in the server ) from 1 client to the other. What kind of cpu overheads I can expect when routing from 1 port to another , will overhead be less when traffic passes through the 2 ports of a single interface . Compatibility in features between brands is something I would like to see tested as well .If those cards even have auto-crossover , I didn't see that mentioned anywhere , if using those cards with crossover connections limits them in some ways ..
I need to see some numbers , done by professionals before I dish out 2000 dollars for a box of nics.
0 results for 10gBase-T on tom's hardware ? http://i.imgur.com/EW2VX.png
According to wikipedia 2 million ports were sold in 2009 and 3 million in 2010 .. !
What i'm getting at is , IMO it's about time Tom's hardware does an article with detailed benchmarks on the available 10gBase-T cards today .Prices are approaching 250 dollars for a single port nic. That isn't cheap , but it's not crazy money expensive either. A good gigabit card costs about 40 dollars too. I can understand tom's hardware not considering fiber networks as home electronics , but this is copper ..
Thnx in advance for any reply
Phoenixxl
I'm considering buying a few 10gBase-T network interface cards for iscsi usage .
I've looked into the solarflare ones and intel ones, reading brochures and specs on their sites , which is basically just advertising.
http://www.solarflare.com/Mid-Range-10GbE-Adapters
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/network-adapters/10-gigabit-network-adapters/ethernet-10gigabit-adapters.html
Yet i can't find a serious independent side by side review of today's available 10gBase-T nic's anywhere.
Since I can't afford a switch I'm going to be putting 2 2port nics in my main file server . That way i'll have 4 computers i'll be able to boot on iscsi , and access shares through samba .
So for benchmarks I'm looking for numbers when it comes to transferring data straight from 1 computer to another, latency tests , also smb network benchmarks , using linux or windows as a server , what kinds of transfer I can expect (if I bridge the 4 ports in the server ) from 1 client to the other. What kind of cpu overheads I can expect when routing from 1 port to another , will overhead be less when traffic passes through the 2 ports of a single interface . Compatibility in features between brands is something I would like to see tested as well .If those cards even have auto-crossover , I didn't see that mentioned anywhere , if using those cards with crossover connections limits them in some ways ..
I need to see some numbers , done by professionals before I dish out 2000 dollars for a box of nics.
0 results for 10gBase-T on tom's hardware ? http://i.imgur.com/EW2VX.png
According to wikipedia 2 million ports were sold in 2009 and 3 million in 2010 .. !
What i'm getting at is , IMO it's about time Tom's hardware does an article with detailed benchmarks on the available 10gBase-T cards today .Prices are approaching 250 dollars for a single port nic. That isn't cheap , but it's not crazy money expensive either. A good gigabit card costs about 40 dollars too. I can understand tom's hardware not considering fiber networks as home electronics , but this is copper ..
Thnx in advance for any reply
Phoenixxl
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