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What 10G interface do you recommend for NIC?
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What 10G interface do you recommend for NIC?

Hi,
I am thinking to get Ethernet Svr Adapter X520-DA2 used one and https://www.newegg.com/intel-e10gsfpsr/p/N82E16833106069

What do you think?

Comments

  • ZareZare Member, Host Rep

    These are good cards, we use a few of them. Optics i would use FS.com

    Thanked by 2Yakooza lorian
  • ViridWebViridWeb Member, Host Rep

    We are using these following Adapter for our VPS nodes

    X520-DA1 Single 10GbE SFP+ (Only few have)
    X520-DA2 Dual 10GbE SFP+ (Our most servers have this)
    X540-T2 Dual 10GbE RJ45 (Only few on new nodes)

    We are satisfied till now

    Thanked by 1Yakooza
  • jonathanspwjonathanspw Member, Host Rep

    X520 is a solid chip. Hard to go wrong with Intel NICs in general.

    Thanked by 1ViridWeb
  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker

    Yes, for low end hosting pretty much any intel NIC is good enough. In my dev lab I use Mellanox NICs and if I were really dead serious about total performance as well as some nifty features I'd get adapters from Chelsio (well noted, this is a dev and one in the IT security field speaking. For most people Mellanoxen are just as fine).

  • @Yakooza said:
    Hi,
    I am thinking to get Ethernet Svr Adapter X520-DA2 used one and https://www.newegg.com/intel-e10gsfpsr/p/N82E16833106069

    What do you think?

    eBay.

  • @jsg said:
    Yes, for low end hosting pretty much any intel NIC is good enough. In my dev lab I use Mellanox NICs and if I were really dead serious about total performance as well as some nifty features I'd get adapters from Chelsio (well noted, this is a dev and one in the IT security field speaking. For most people Mellanoxen are just as fine).

    Are you saying something like this good?

    https://www.newegg.com/mellanox-mhqh29b-xtr/p/N82E16833736003?item=9SIAAEE3VC2075&source=region&nm_mc=knc-googlemkp-pc&cm_mmc=knc-googlemkp-pc--pla-e.o.l.+tech+inc%2c.--network+-+interface+cards-_-9SIAAEE3VC2075&gclid=CjwKCAjwltH3BRB6EiwAhj0IUGi_5GojMZTYWCKSHgVJ2-qYo9b0DjGAzco8KnbHro4fNgx0jzf3hBoCCBUQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

  • jsgjsg Member, Resident Benchmarker

    @Yakooza said:

    @jsg said:
    Yes, for low end hosting pretty much any intel NIC is good enough. In my dev lab I use Mellanox NICs and if I were really dead serious about total performance as well as some nifty features I'd get adapters from Chelsio (well noted, this is a dev and one in the IT security field speaking. For most people Mellanoxen are just as fine).

    Are you saying something like this good?

    No, that's a 2nd generation card (while the current gen. is 5 and 6). But Connect-X 3 and 4 cards are fine and not too expensive e.g. on ebay.

    Thanked by 1Yakooza
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