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Nvidia networking is what used to be called Mellanox networking, which was already dominant in datacenters.
by adrian_b 2y ago
Nvidia networking is what used to be called Mellanox networking, which was already dominant in datacenters.
- immibis 2y agoOnly within supercomputers (including the smaller GPU ones used to train AI). Normal data centers use Cisco or Juniper or similarly.well known Ethernet equipment, and they still do. The Mellanox/Nvidia Infiniband networks are specifically used for supercomputer-like clusters.
- wbl 2y agoMellanox Ethernet NIC got used a bunch of places due to better programmability.
- dafugg 2y agoYou seem to have a narrow definition of “normal” for datacenters. Meta were using OCP mellanox NICs for common hardware platforms a decade ago and still are.
- crmd 2y agoMellanox IB were ubiquitous in storage networking. None of the storage systems I worked on would have been possible without mellanox tech.
- wil421 2y agoMost people on the TrueNAS/FreeNAS forums use 10gb Mellanox nics that are sold on eBay. The sellers get them after server gear gets retired.