Hi All,
Quick background. I currently have a 1Gbps network and just in the process of "upgrading" my Proxmox home lab to use 3 x HP EliteDesk 800 G3's which will have a x16, x4 and two by x1 PCIe 3.0 slots. I already have the x16 slots populated with LSI 9200 8e PCIe 2.0 x8 cards to go to the external storage for each node. I've never had a requirement to go beyond basic consumer grade 1Gbps switches before for my needs, so still trying to get my head around all the 10Gbps options while keeping the budget tight. Really only looking for 10Gbps to connect my 3x Proxmox nodes for now, however uplifting the rest of my network to 2.5Gbps would be a nice bump (but not really essential), and likely as much as I'm ever realistically get any functional use out of for the foreseeable future.
I'd really appreciated some help with is the following in regards to;
Just demonstrating how all over the place my head is on this, currently thinking I'll likely go for 3 x single SFP+ PCIe 3.0 cards, a MicroTik CRS305-1G-4S+IN and some RJ45 SFP+ transceivers to suit. Being unmanaged, I'd keep this Proxmox network isolated from my main network. Does this make sense for achieving 10GbE for a low price point?
Quick background. I currently have a 1Gbps network and just in the process of "upgrading" my Proxmox home lab to use 3 x HP EliteDesk 800 G3's which will have a x16, x4 and two by x1 PCIe 3.0 slots. I already have the x16 slots populated with LSI 9200 8e PCIe 2.0 x8 cards to go to the external storage for each node. I've never had a requirement to go beyond basic consumer grade 1Gbps switches before for my needs, so still trying to get my head around all the 10Gbps options while keeping the budget tight. Really only looking for 10Gbps to connect my 3x Proxmox nodes for now, however uplifting the rest of my network to 2.5Gbps would be a nice bump (but not really essential), and likely as much as I'm ever realistically get any functional use out of for the foreseeable future.
I'd really appreciated some help with is the following in regards to;
- Identify suitable low profile 10Gbps network adapter running PCIe 3.0 x4 for my Proxmox nodes. I was eyeing off the TP-Link TX401 as this is what my local computer shop stock. Have also been told to look at used SFP+ options, however they all seem to run x8 PCIe lanes and usually do not come with transceivers. Not really sure what I am looking for to make sure I purchase transceiver modules that are compatible with the cards I might by. Alo, Given my Proxmox nodes are going to be the only real use case for me to see valuable gains in uplifting to 10Gbps, would it be possible to just get 3 x dual SFP+ cards and daisy chain my Proxmox nodes together?
- My core switch is currently an old 24 port Netgear JGS524Ev2 with only a third of the ports used. I think I would be wanting to look at another 24 port, however with all 2.5GbE ports with 4 x SFP+ options for 10GbE? Would really appreciate some guidance on this one as find myself quickly getting lost in the eBay lottery of used options.
Just demonstrating how all over the place my head is on this, currently thinking I'll likely go for 3 x single SFP+ PCIe 3.0 cards, a MicroTik CRS305-1G-4S+IN and some RJ45 SFP+ transceivers to suit. Being unmanaged, I'd keep this Proxmox network isolated from my main network. Does this make sense for achieving 10GbE for a low price point?
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