Are these Aquantia cards better than these Mellanox ones?
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for Windows 10 version 1803 I had to download special new drivers in WinOF (1803) from Mellanox. Previous versions of windows 10 just worked fine with older drivers. I verified RDMA was active. I did flash to newer RDMA capable firmware using other instructions on this site.I have a couple of those also, they work but I did have some issues with Win 10 and those... don't remember what the work around was.
ConnectX 2 right ?
Of course the other big issue is switch cost, noise and transceiver compatibility.
These are $15 but the ones I bought were 4 units for $20 or $5 each and they worked with my Mellanox card and Mikrotik and Netgear switches.Is that only $60 US for 4 of the things!?
$15 US each?
They work on the Mellanox?
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Sure but how can you connect different rooms back to the switch.I dunno why I ever considered 10Gbit over copper. I should've done my reading.
For runs over 5m which are easy to pull, fiber is pretty simple and not that expensive if you buy used.Well I have a single 7meter run to my server
My wife asked me what benefit there was to 10G, especially in the family room with the equipment you mentioned … and she has a EE degree.Even in 5 years time, a PS5 or even PS6 and new TV and better amp, NONE of them will have 10Gbit ethernet or fibre, Wireless AC or 1Gbit will be fine.