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> Note that servers are 100 Gbps as standard now In what world?

protomyth 5y ago
Yeah, I had a hell of a time trying to get our internal network to 100Gbps and was told by multiple experts I was being too ambitious. I ended up with 100Gbps between switches and 40Gbps to the servers.
thfuran 5y ago
In the world of unlimited budgets, where employees all spend their days pulling gigabits per second of egress from the cloud, apparently.
- virtuallynathan 5y ago
  100GbE NICs are <$500, and 100GbE switch ports are $100-150.
  - omgtehlion 5y ago
    while 10G is now at sub-$30 range, totally accessible to everyone )
    - csdvrx 5y ago
      Could you recommend a switch and some NICs, along with a thunderbolt adapter?
      - omgtehlion 5y ago
        Switches: when I last looked, there were cheap mikrotik switches and tp-link, if you want to buy new. Otherwise search on eBay/craigslist/etc. Network cards: intel, mellanox, solarflare. Intel has a lot of drivers for all OSes, mellanox is most stable electrically (you can provide it with separate power, no need for fancy adapters, just plug any 12v in), solarflare is cheapest on ebay if you buy 2-3-generations old cards. Actually, any 10G network card will do, just check if they have drivers for your OS. Thunderbolt: there are ready-made eGPU cases, they are costly but easier to handle. If you want to be cheap: wait for sale of any thunderbolt3-to-nvme adapter. PCBs for all of them are made by the same factory (you can find it on alibaba/taobao) they differ only by box and branding. Based on intel JHL6340 edit: I have got this, it was on-sale at the time https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000200151507.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000200151507.html edit2: just checked eBay, the cheapest solarflare "S7120" (it is SFN7022F actually) is $15 (!) + free shipping, wow. Though you'll need some sfps, they start from $6 (FTLX8571)
        csdvrx 5y ago
        How much did you pay when your tb3-to-nvme was on sale? It's not an urgent purchase :)
        omgtehlion 5y ago
        $55 + shipping (less than $5)

Yeah, I had a hell of a time trying to get our internal network to 100Gbps and was told by multiple experts I was being too ambitious. I ended up with 100Gbps between switches and 40Gbps to the servers.

thfuran 5y ago

In the world of unlimited budgets, where employees all spend their days pulling gigabits per second of egress from the cloud, apparently.

virtuallynathan 5y ago
100GbE NICs are <$500, and 100GbE switch ports are $100-150.
- omgtehlion 5y ago
  while 10G is now at sub-$30 range, totally accessible to everyone )
  - csdvrx 5y ago
    Could you recommend a switch and some NICs, along with a thunderbolt adapter?
    - omgtehlion 5y ago
      Switches: when I last looked, there were cheap mikrotik switches and tp-link, if you want to buy new. Otherwise search on eBay/craigslist/etc. Network cards: intel, mellanox, solarflare. Intel has a lot of drivers for all OSes, mellanox is most stable electrically (you can provide it with separate power, no need for fancy adapters, just plug any 12v in), solarflare is cheapest on ebay if you buy 2-3-generations old cards. Actually, any 10G network card will do, just check if they have drivers for your OS. Thunderbolt: there are ready-made eGPU cases, they are costly but easier to handle. If you want to be cheap: wait for sale of any thunderbolt3-to-nvme adapter. PCBs for all of them are made by the same factory (you can find it on alibaba/taobao) they differ only by box and branding. Based on intel JHL6340 edit: I have got this, it was on-sale at the time https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000200151507.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000200151507.html edit2: just checked eBay, the cheapest solarflare "S7120" (it is SFN7022F actually) is $15 (!) + free shipping, wow. Though you'll need some sfps, they start from $6 (FTLX8571)
      - csdvrx 5y ago
        How much did you pay when your tb3-to-nvme was on sale? It's not an urgent purchase :)
        omgtehlion 5y ago
        $55 + shipping (less than $5)