Hi,
I recently put my first 10 Gbps capable switch into use at home, a ICX6450-24p. I had two ConnectX-3 cards already and plugged those into the switch with DACs, and it seems to work perfectly fine.
I'm now looking into buying two more 10 Gbps cards for two more nodes, but before going with another set of ConnectX-3 I'm looking for advice regarding 10 Gbps adapters - the X-3 are cheap and I suspect that's for a reason.
What would I gain with going with some other adapters? Are there any obvious downsides to the X-3s?
If it matters, one of the new nodes will use DAC, and the other new node might use existing CAT5 cabling (hopefully I'll make a new CAT6 cable run) + SFP+ to RJ45 adapters on both sides. If I move my desk to my basement I might get away with another DAC run.
I recently put my first 10 Gbps capable switch into use at home, a ICX6450-24p. I had two ConnectX-3 cards already and plugged those into the switch with DACs, and it seems to work perfectly fine.
I'm now looking into buying two more 10 Gbps cards for two more nodes, but before going with another set of ConnectX-3 I'm looking for advice regarding 10 Gbps adapters - the X-3 are cheap and I suspect that's for a reason.
What would I gain with going with some other adapters? Are there any obvious downsides to the X-3s?
If it matters, one of the new nodes will use DAC, and the other new node might use existing CAT5 cabling (hopefully I'll make a new CAT6 cable run) + SFP+ to RJ45 adapters on both sides. If I move my desk to my basement I might get away with another DAC run.