Re: Best 1Gbe NIC

2019-08-15 Thread b2s2d
On 2019-08-02 08:26, Claudio Jeker wrote: On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 12:28:58PM +0100, Andy Lemin wrote: Ahhh, thank you! I didn’t realise this had changed and now the drivers are written with full knowledge of the interface. That is an overstatement but we know for sure a lot more about these

Re: Best 1Gbe NIC

2019-08-06 Thread Andy Lemin
Thanks for your comments guys. I’ve ordered some Intel NICs :) I just wanted to make sure I was getting the best offload capability, but I agree with you Claudio ;) Cheers, Andy. Sent from a teeny tiny keyboard, so please excuse typos > On 2 Aug 2019, at 19:09, Brian Brombacher wrote: > >

Re: Best 1Gbe NIC

2019-08-02 Thread Brian Brombacher
I find cheap PCI-Express and PCI-X em(4) cards suffice for my needs. 990-992 Mbps with tcpbench. > On Aug 2, 2019, at 11:26 AM, Claudio Jeker wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 12:28:58PM +0100, Andy Lemin wrote: >> Ahhh, thank you! >> >> I didn’t realise this had changed and now the driver

Re: Best 1Gbe NIC

2019-08-02 Thread Claudio Jeker
On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 12:28:58PM +0100, Andy Lemin wrote: > Ahhh, thank you! > > I didn’t realise this had changed and now the drivers are written with > full knowledge of the interface. That is an overstatement but we know for sure a lot more about these cards then many other less open ones.

Re: Best 1Gbe NIC

2019-08-02 Thread Andy Lemin
Ahhh, thank you! I didn’t realise this had changed and now the drivers are written with full knowledge of the interface. So that would make Intel Server NICs (i350 for example) some of the best 1Gbe cards nowadays then? Thanks :) Andy Sent from a teeny tiny keyboard, so please excuse typos

Re: Best 1Gbe NIC

2019-08-02 Thread Jonathan Gray
On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 09:19:09AM +0100, Andy Lemin wrote: > Hi list, > > I know this is a rather classic question, but I have searched a lot on this > again recently, and I just cannot find any conclusive up to date information? > > I am looking to buy the best 1Gbe NIC possible for OpenBSD an