Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 16:00:50 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Omer Faruk Sen <omerfsen@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 10gb network interface suggestions Message-ID: <20090207155913.M50096@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <75a268720902070356v51fa601cy98889f272d724555@mail.gmail.com> References: <75a268720902070356v51fa601cy98889f272d724555@mail.gmail.com>
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> But also I am open to other brands. Especially If anyone has > experience on that this matter would be very very helpful. I have seen > that Sun has quad 10gbE adapters: > http://www.sun.com/products/networking/ethernet/10gigethernet/index.xml > I am not sure if FreeBSD supports that? could you please explain ANY CASE when 4*10GbE/s could be utilized. it's 5 GIGABYTES/s each direction. computer memory subsystem is rarely faster > > 2) Do you suggest fiber or copper? depend of what you connect to. > 3) Which bus option to use ? As far as I see intel has both (Pci > Express and PCI-X not sure if their PCI Express cards are PCI Express > 2.0 for pcie2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express shows > significant performance boost) anything slower than PCIe 4-lane is slower than single 10GbE port. PCI-X is AFAIK 500MB/s so you won't get much
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