I'm setting up a vSAN network with 3 Nodes.
I have set up a vSAN cluster with 10G Ethernet (base-T) 2 years ago and wanted to delve into infiniband for a new test environment. I've done some reading up on this but wanted to get some tips from people who have successfully implemented a similar lab.
I'm thinking about Mellanox ConnectX-3 40GbE HBAs and Mellanox SX6025 36port 56Gb/s Unmanaged switch for the vSAN network.
I have set up a vSAN cluster with 10G Ethernet (base-T) 2 years ago and wanted to delve into infiniband for a new test environment. I've done some reading up on this but wanted to get some tips from people who have successfully implemented a similar lab.
I'm thinking about Mellanox ConnectX-3 40GbE HBAs and Mellanox SX6025 36port 56Gb/s Unmanaged switch for the vSAN network.
- vSAN supports the hardware but is this for IB or just for Ethernet?
- What is the performance like if limited to Ethernet?
- I read that IB switches are extremely noisy. Having seen them in IDC's can anyone recommend a quiet one?
- Can anyone recommend a better HBA? If so, why?
- Being a homelab/development environment I'm concerned about noise and also heat, would it be better to just go with the proven 10GbE route?