From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 8 07:14:08 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F8F6106566B for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2012 07:14:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dudu@dudu.ro) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB7F08FC0C for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2012 07:14:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eaac13 with SMTP id c13so989403eaa.13 for ; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:14:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dudu.ro; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=WhOZT/SypBpQkJ7uv1UY63YFsMHCs7J431qTW2OFqNY=; b=EimgM0J8fTlvYk4LXZChfLcKAaRJFS38DUqebnRLMGKpUY242j7tQlf0tBSRSk8ibS TgnvlugSoDGZcWjHBUuhJ1CVDuxzSv6JQJrqGbgUqgV833jsGzsPkeFKNTvUm76OBPIf 0ARHltxASkrpfvHj6E7dKZGS+FAOILZC9RoCw= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition:x-gm-message-state; bh=WhOZT/SypBpQkJ7uv1UY63YFsMHCs7J431qTW2OFqNY=; b=RVpUcOp0Cdrqx4xFgKT9enhsTGf4FYlsIwcCd183SCgqI5BimAX5jxR7Bjl9HYfg9v KkwxCPnCH9LiDEBhKirzeyzs3Mo/C7Eot9SG32cTyEuWbNktSqpYeF1BS0XgLYL2EHZT NiJmyxW43xie42voNDuvayT9rCOJ7Ej7cTiLdM5YJFU44KoUYdl+KcaRJH+ca5TYYpm5 X1XAwYzKYH8Kf3i8BpJYnBuNMsZhaS0bFzUy66Y94lXxC+/RrF+UQ4WPewJImN4H6x6v 41pVmNfKwXsdR3mXCpkAbE8PUPjJJ+LEKrFtH7oc5L2vuwuRnwJuQV9NvGXjpfsJPo0f 3dIg== Received: by 10.14.29.4 with SMTP id h4mr2973582eea.178.1339139646611; Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:14:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.10.2] ([82.76.253.74]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gv7sm6415454wib.4.2012.06.08.00.14.04 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:14:05 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 08:14:01 +0100 From: Vlad Galu To: Daniel Braniss Message-ID: <4792CED73A804403ABD1227F9F055114@dudu.ro> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: sparrow 1.6.1 (build 1081.52) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQl3T3qRuxSzcODdE3mDlyR4nZm/q6MHxwry9uZowk+hKxekW/b9BEVa7vYMj2zX7n4/ZOg5 Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommended 10g cards X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 07:14:08 -0000 On Friday, June 8, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Daniel Braniss wrote: > Hi > I will be 'experimenting' with 10g in the next few months, so > I need to buy some cards, > After googling for some time, I noticed that there is not realy much real > info, and some of it is a bit dated. > Since these cards are pricy, could those that have such cards share some info? > cheers, > danny > Hi Daniel, I have had excellent results with Myricom. Granted, I use their packet sniffing stack and not the standard driver, but I believe they have also made sure it scales just as well in more typical scenarios. Another serious contender to look at is Solarflare. But, as of Novemeber 2011, their FreeBSD driver has been in beta. Then you have the Intel 82599, which is probably the most widespread 10g card out there and has good software & community support. I think it was the first card supported by Luigi's netmap layer. It is probably best that you describe your workload a bit, I am sure you will get better advice then. -- Good, fast and cheap: pick any two.