yes, that would give way more speed if those desktops need that kind of speed. I have had bad enough luck with consumer grade SATA/SAS cards and nic cards that the used enterprise grade of either is a lot more likely to work reliably. I won't touch a consumer brand of that sort of stuff (unless it comes with the MB) simply because when I need a card I can get a used enterprise for about the same price and know that it will work. On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 10:35 AM Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 5/12/23 10:14, Roger Heflin wrote: > > Given that hardware, buy something like this instead. > > > > used, but better class of card. > > > > https://www.newegg.com/intel-e10g42bt/p/N82E16833106075?Description=10gbit%20card&cm_re=10gbit_card-_-33-106-075-_-Product&quicklink=true > > > > or something similar from the used sellers. There seem to be a decent > > variety of cards under $100. > > > > Manufacturers that are good are HPE/DELL/Intel/Broadcom/IBM/Lenovo. > > But you do need to do a bit of research on the given cards to see what > > the real chipset is. Avoid Emulex/Be2net variants they have "issues". > > Intel/Broadcom/Mellanox based cards are good. > > This is awesome, thank you very much! I'm still trying to get up to > speed on 10G networking, I genuinely appreciate this advice. > > With that two port card, I could get three and just run direct cables > from my desktop to the servers, then a cable between the servers. No > switch required, and it would be fast as heck. > > Thanks! > Thomas > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
