How good is FreeBSD's mellanox support? You can get a ConnectX-2 EN for $15 on eBay and they are amazing cards.
-brian > On Jan 15, 2017, at 05:03, Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowl...@kev009.com> wrote: > > Intel is overpriced and still riding their Ethernet reputation from well > over a decade ago with little to show for it. I would recommend cxgbe > anything, so Chelsio T420 and up. The T520-SO-CR is within reason for > demanding home office/small office users to purchase new and I've deployed > over a thousand of these at work with flawless performance. T420 are a bit > cheaper on i.e. US ebay if that is viable to you but not by too much. I > bought a T420-BT that way for home use and have no complaints. For non-TOE > use at 10g, the difference between T4 and T5 doesn't matter too much, pcie > 2.0 vs 3.0. > > You can use DAC twinax cables to connect 10G SFP+ ports together. This > will save several watts of power and heat on each side vs 10G Base-T. > Sometimes DACs have interop problems, usually with switches. Optics are > more forgiving, although again the switch side may have extra hoops like > approved vendors. > > As far as a switch, I got a good deal on the beta UniFi version of > https://www.ubnt.com/edgemax/edgeswitch-16-xg/ for my home network. Now > that it is full price, I would recommend the EdgeMax version unless you > have other UniFi gear. They are inexpensive as far as the physical > connectivity versus the rest of the market but not quite cheap yet. These > aren't exactly pro grade, the interop seems pretty poor in general, but > that's the price you pay for the price you didn't pay :) > > Regards, > >> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 2:32 AM, Lev Serebryakov <l...@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> Hello Freebsd-net, >> >> I want to attach my DIY-NAS (FreeBSD-based) to my desktop (Windows-based) >> with 10Gb link. I could not afford 10Gb switch for sure. So, it will be >> point-to-point connection only for my desktop and not other computers in >> my >> house. >> >> Also, I could not use my current twisted pair wiring, as I need >> connection >> to router for my desktop too :) Cable ducts ion my house is overcrouded, >> so, I think only fiber is way to go, there is no chance to add CAT6 cable >> between my room and storage room with server, and copper SFP-to-SFP >> patchcord is out of question! >> >> So, I need cheap PCIe cards with SFP+ slots which is not very picky about >> modules (I'm on budget!), with good FreeBSD support and drivers for >> Win'10 (which is another problem with very old cards). >> >> What should I choose? There are A LOT of old 10Gb cards on eBay. Should I >> choose Mellanox ConnectiX-2? Chelsio-T3? Something else? Intel X520 looks >> as safe variant, but it is much more expensive and, as far as I know, it >> supports only expensive branded SFP+ modules, too. >> >> >> P.S. You could never stop upgrading your home NAS. >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Lev mailto:l...@serebryakov.spb.ru >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
