10gb Network

Benmehart · December 31, 2015

Hello!

I have an army of 2009 xserves for my database at my work. We are looking for ways to increase the speed of these xservers so that we can continue using them for a long time. We have started to implement SSD's but we are wanting to go 10GB. I am looking for reliable 10GB pcie network cards (2009 xservers have pcie2.0). The cards must be dual port. I good 10Gb switch would also be nice to know about.

I appreciate any advice I can get and money is no object as long as the product is good and the price is reasonable.

As for anyone suggesting to switch over to a windows based system, our database is host on all xservers and all of our computers are macs. We find that OS X is more secure than Windows and has a cheaper cost of ownership in a company environment due to free OS X software updates and fewer licensing cost.

Thanks!