IceBoosteR
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Hi all,
I think about replacing my 1GBit network to the next level: 10GBit.
Of course I had a look into the wonderful 10GB Primer, but now I would like to know if I can start with the following parts and thoughts.
What I want to archive: FreeNAS should serve the network with high speeds. I do sometimes see that FreeNAS has enough resources, but the gigabit interfance is the bottleneck. Especially when my servers run (iscsi) and I want to transfer large amount of data. Therefore I would like to use LAGG on my ESXi-servers.
Network card for the FreeNAS server:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/10G-Netzwer...986805?hash=item3b17b7b8b5:g:9nEAAOSwxupbCzpC
(possible use for the second one in an ESXi host also)
or
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Chelsio-N32...380104?hash=item2132186448:g:-jcAAOSwySVaBaYP
with this cable:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Cisco-5m-10...047967&hash=item236edbda93:g:5C4AAOSwENxXmO4y
As this is PCIe x8 version 1! it can handle up to 2GByte/s which should be enough for one port with full speed hopefully. Maybe there is another option available?
On the switch side I have chosen:
Netgear Insight GC700 Rackmout Gigabit Managed Switch, 24x RJ-45, 2x SFP, 2x SFP+ (GC728X-100)
which is around 300$. It has 2SFP+ 10GBit ports.
Some alternatives are:
TP-Link T1700G JetStream Rackmount Gigabit Smart Stack Switch, 24x RJ-45, 4x SFP+ (T1700G-28TQ)
and
maybe:
D-Link DGS-151 Rackmount Gigabit Smart Stack Switch, 24x RJ-45, 2x SFP, 2x SFP+ (DGS-1510-28)
But the favourite is the Netgear one. Hopefully I can deactivate all the Cloud stuff...
My biggest concern: Can the Netgear talk to the Chelsio card with a Direct-Attached-Cable? Don't want to troubleshoot and find out that I need transreceiver and OM3 cables also, the DAC sounds good to me :)
Any experience with that?
Thank you!
-IceBoosteR
I think about replacing my 1GBit network to the next level: 10GBit.
Of course I had a look into the wonderful 10GB Primer, but now I would like to know if I can start with the following parts and thoughts.
What I want to archive: FreeNAS should serve the network with high speeds. I do sometimes see that FreeNAS has enough resources, but the gigabit interfance is the bottleneck. Especially when my servers run (iscsi) and I want to transfer large amount of data. Therefore I would like to use LAGG on my ESXi-servers.
Network card for the FreeNAS server:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/10G-Netzwer...986805?hash=item3b17b7b8b5:g:9nEAAOSwxupbCzpC
(possible use for the second one in an ESXi host also)
or
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Chelsio-N32...380104?hash=item2132186448:g:-jcAAOSwySVaBaYP
with this cable:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Cisco-5m-10...047967&hash=item236edbda93:g:5C4AAOSwENxXmO4y
As this is PCIe x8 version 1! it can handle up to 2GByte/s which should be enough for one port with full speed hopefully. Maybe there is another option available?
On the switch side I have chosen:
Netgear Insight GC700 Rackmout Gigabit Managed Switch, 24x RJ-45, 2x SFP, 2x SFP+ (GC728X-100)
which is around 300$. It has 2SFP+ 10GBit ports.
Some alternatives are:
TP-Link T1700G JetStream Rackmount Gigabit Smart Stack Switch, 24x RJ-45, 4x SFP+ (T1700G-28TQ)
and
maybe:
D-Link DGS-151 Rackmount Gigabit Smart Stack Switch, 24x RJ-45, 2x SFP, 2x SFP+ (DGS-1510-28)
But the favourite is the Netgear one. Hopefully I can deactivate all the Cloud stuff...
My biggest concern: Can the Netgear talk to the Chelsio card with a Direct-Attached-Cable? Don't want to troubleshoot and find out that I need transreceiver and OM3 cables also, the DAC sounds good to me :)
Any experience with that?
Thank you!
-IceBoosteR