X10SDV 8-core for iperf/bw testing.

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binarychores

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New STH member and have not searched forums extensively. Would like to use an X10SDV with built-in SFP+ but also an Intel dual 520 card for additional 10 Gb network testing. Choosing Intel vs other due to SR-IOV support. Memory will be 128GB and D-1537, D1540, and D1541 all show 32 lanes PCIe. To that end, would my bottleneck (aside from kernel tuning Ubuntu) be the M2, NVMe, and SSD combo for write IOPS? Trying to obtain 32-36 +/- Gbs (4 x 8 or 9 Gbs streams) of bandwidth. If there are other options (e.g. QSFP+ with fan-out fiber), I would be interested in reading about other user experiences. I have plenty of 10G network switch/router capacity (e.g. QFX and MX) so actual network HW will not be bottleneck. Pre-thanks.