yes, that would give way more speed if those desktops need that kind of speed.

I have had bad enough luck with consumer grade SATA/SAS cards and nic
cards that the used enterprise grade of either is a lot more likely to
work reliably.

I won't touch a consumer brand of that sort of stuff (unless it comes
with the MB) simply because when I need a card I can get a used
enterprise for about the same price and know that it will work.

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 10:35 AM Thomas Cameron
<thomas.came...@camerontech.com> wrote:
>
> On 5/12/23 10:14, Roger Heflin wrote:
> > Given that hardware, buy something like this instead.
> >
> > used, but better class of card.
> >
> > https://www.newegg.com/intel-e10g42bt/p/N82E16833106075?Description=10gbit%20card&cm_re=10gbit_card-_-33-106-075-_-Product&quicklink=true
> >
> > or something similar from the used sellers.  There seem to be a decent
> > variety of cards under $100.
> >
> > Manufacturers that are good are HPE/DELL/Intel/Broadcom/IBM/Lenovo.
> > But you do need to do a bit of research on the given cards to see what
> > the real chipset is.  Avoid Emulex/Be2net variants they have "issues".
> > Intel/Broadcom/Mellanox based cards are good.
>
> This is awesome, thank you very much! I'm still trying to get up to
> speed on 10G networking, I genuinely appreciate this advice.
>
> With that two port card, I could get three and just run direct cables
> from my desktop to the servers, then a cable between the servers. No
> switch required, and it would be fast as heck.
>
> Thanks!
> Thomas
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