If you really want to make the switch to 10G I would also seriously consider moving to FreeBSD 8, the changes that have been made in the stack will help you get the most out of the hardware.
When it comes to Intel hardware the model Andrew cites is the CX4 version of the 82598, you can also get it in fiber. The next gen mac, 82599, is out, but I am not sure how easily they are obtainable in the channels yet. My ixgbe driver supports both, the 599 will have some advantages, I am just about ready to release the latest driver that will now have Hardware LRO among other enhancements. I believe Dell and Supermicro will, or already have i7 servers with a couple of these as LOMs. Thanks for the plug btw Andrew! Jack On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Andrew Snow <and...@modulus.org> wrote: > rihad wrote: > >> The only one worth getting IMO is Intel EXPX9502CX4 >>> (INTEL 10 GIGABIT CX4 DUAL PORT SERVER ADAPTER) >>> >> > Thanks. What does DUAL PORT mean? It has two jacks? I think one such >> adapter will be more than enough to replace our two 1000 mbps cards, whether >> two jacks or not? >> > > Correct, it has two ports on the one card. It uses a PCIe x8 slot so plenty > of bandwidth to serve two ports. > > - Andrew > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
