[olug] 10 gig pci express network card?

[neal rauhauser]

  The Chelsior (Is that the name?) fiber 10 gig are $795 if I was reading
the right article. The Intel stuff seems to be a ghost - the part number
exists, but no where to buy it.


On 8/28/07, Shawn Mattingly <smattin at mimezine.org> wrote:
>
> I haven't got to play with it yet, but I've researched it a bit.  Looked
> to me like laser-graded index (aqua jacketed) multimode cable would be
> the best option for a low-volume datacenter deployment rather than
> copper.  Copper at that speed looks picky and hard to test.  I read
> somewhere (maybe in Infoworld) that NICs are running upwards of $1200
> for copper and double that for optical.  Maybe bonding 1Gbps links would
> be more cost effective?  Depends on what you need and are trying to
> achieve.
>
> I did a quick check and it doesn't look like Intel has released a 10G
> server NIC for PCI Express...only PCI-X
> <
> http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro10GbE_SR_server_adapter.htm
> >.
> I'll be shocked if they don't have one out this fall though, they have a
> controller chip
> <http://www.intel.com/design/network/products/lan/controllers/82598.htm>
> but apparently they haven't wrapped a circuit board around it yet.
>
> See this <http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=87773> for
> some info on why you are having a hard time finding pricing on Neterion.
>
> Shawn
>
>
> neal rauhauser wrote:
> >   Have any of you guys installed 10 gig PCI express ethernet? Which card
> did
> > you use? Any complaints? This is going to be for replication between two
> SAN
> > boxes and the customer prefers Intel ... I see the Intel and Neteiron
> have
> > cards, but I'm having a heck of a time finding pricing. Is this stuff
> really
> > that new?
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