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I have a 10 GE NAS (Truenas) and just bought the parts for a server which has 10 GE network interfaces built in. This was not more expensive than usual.. I'm w
by wojciii 6y ago
I have a 10 GE NAS (Truenas) and just bought the parts for a server which has 10 GE network interfaces built in. This was not more expensive than usual..
I'm waiting for the price of switches to get down to a level that I will accept. They are quite expensive now.
- geerlingguy 6y ago10 GbE cards and adapters are still quite expensive (at least compared to cheap $10-20 1 Gbps gear); one of the cheapest ASUS 10G PCIe cards is $99, and the cheapest Thunderbolt 3 10G adapter (both with RJ45 connections) is $149. If you want to graduate to SFP+ those adapters usually cost a little more (plus the cost of a transceiver for fiber or copper). Cabling also means many existing installations (like my house) with 50+ ft runs need to be re-cabled if they actually want stable 10G speeds. My home network works great at 2.5G but there are a few Cat5e runs that don't give me 10 Gbps.
- wojciii 6y agoThe reason why I want to have 10 GE is that I made sure that the cables in my house could support these speeds. I expect more and more devices to support 10 GE as I will install them in the future (new TV, new workstation). This is just future proofing of my network installation.