[olug] 10 gig pci express network card?

[Shawn Mattingly]

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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