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Care to elaborate?

hatefulmoron 3y ago
I assume they're referring to getting a couple of NICs
justinclift 3y ago
Network cards that go a lot faster than 10GbE are common. They're widely used (with many different types) in IT data centres, home labs, and probably other places too. Heaps of them are on Ebay. As a random search just now for "Mellanox 25GbE" on US Ebay: * https://www.ebay.com/itm/134435757546 https://www.ebay.com/itm/134435757546 * https://www.ebay.com/itm/355348422765 https://www.ebay.com/itm/355348422765 (there are hundreds of individual results) Searching for "Mellanox 50GbE": * https://www.ebay.com/itm/225021493021 https://www.ebay.com/itm/225021493021 * https://www.ebay.com/itm/233915360659 https://www.ebay.com/itm/233915360659 (less results) There are older generation ones too, doing 40GbE: * https://www.ebay.com/itm/305046322527 https://www.ebay.com/itm/305046322527 * https://www.ebay.com/itm/166350081025 https://www.ebay.com/itm/166350081025 (hundreds of results again) With those older generation cards, some care is needed depending upon the OS being run. If you're using Linux you should be fine. If you're running some other OS though (eg ESXi) then they might have dropped out of the "supported list" for the OS and not have their drivers included.
- oso2k 3y ago
  I bought a bunch cheap HP 40Gbps NICs [0] when they were $13 but need PCI-E risers to make them fit a full height slot. Work fine in pfSense & Fedora. [0] https://www.ebay.com/itm/333682185870 https://www.ebay.com/itm/333682185870
  - justinclift 3y ago
    It's amazing what you can do with some sheet metal and tin snips when there's a strong enough need for the bracket to fit a particular slot height. Homelab environment obviously. :) --- Oh, if you have even a hobby grade CNC machine around, you can get a fairly professional level result: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/3d-printable-full-height-pcie-bracket-for-mellanox-connectx-3-hp-544qsfp-649281-b21.19462/#post-197296 https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/3d-printab...
  - kridsdale1 3y ago
    My first job in 2007 had me plugging fiber in to 40Gbps backbone units. I was told the ports cost a million dollars each. Now $13. Amazing.

Care to elaborate?

I assume they're referring to getting a couple of NICs

Network cards that go a lot faster than 10GbE are common. They're widely used (with many different types) in IT data centres, home labs, and probably other places too. Heaps of them are on Ebay. As a random search just now for "Mellanox 25GbE" on US Ebay: * https://www.ebay.com/itm/134435757546 https://www.ebay.com/itm/134435757546 * https://www.ebay.com/itm/355348422765 https://www.ebay.com/itm/355348422765 (there are hundreds of individual results) Searching for "Mellanox 50GbE": * https://www.ebay.com/itm/225021493021 https://www.ebay.com/itm/225021493021 * https://www.ebay.com/itm/233915360659 https://www.ebay.com/itm/233915360659 (less results) There are older generation ones too, doing 40GbE: * https://www.ebay.com/itm/305046322527 https://www.ebay.com/itm/305046322527 * https://www.ebay.com/itm/166350081025 https://www.ebay.com/itm/166350081025 (hundreds of results again) With those older generation cards, some care is needed depending upon the OS being run. If you're using Linux you should be fine. If you're running some other OS though (eg ESXi) then they might have dropped out of the "supported list" for the OS and not have their drivers included.

oso2k 3y ago
I bought a bunch cheap HP 40Gbps NICs [0] when they were $13 but need PCI-E risers to make them fit a full height slot. Work fine in pfSense & Fedora. [0] https://www.ebay.com/itm/333682185870 https://www.ebay.com/itm/333682185870
- justinclift 3y ago
  It's amazing what you can do with some sheet metal and tin snips when there's a strong enough need for the bracket to fit a particular slot height. Homelab environment obviously. :) --- Oh, if you have even a hobby grade CNC machine around, you can get a fairly professional level result: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/3d-printable-full-height-pcie-bracket-for-mellanox-connectx-3-hp-544qsfp-649281-b21.19462/#post-197296 https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/3d-printab...
- kridsdale1 3y ago
  My first job in 2007 had me plugging fiber in to 40Gbps backbone units. I was told the ports cost a million dollars each. Now $13. Amazing.