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PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THIS 50GBit Ethernet Adapter!

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I just saw that the first Mellanox ConnectX-4 adapters hit ebay. I am currently using a ConnectX-2 adapter as a 20gbit ethernet adapter. They use QSFP fibre channel as cabling.
It would be VERY interesting to see a proper review or even video about them. Since they can be used in Windows and even have 2 Ports, I dont even see a reason why Link aggregation would not work to get real 100Gbit Ethernet transfer speeds.

 

Does anyone else use these at home for fun?
They can handle 50Gbit using PCIe 3.0 x16 and can do IEEE 802.3ad, 802.1AX Link Aggregation. All that for for around 200 bucks oO

 

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This would be the link to them:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mellanox-ConnectX-4-50GbE-Dual-Port-Network-Interface-Card-Model-MCX416A-GCAT/273068802697?hash=item3f942b4289:g:mIQAAOSw~YRag8ip

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6 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I'm struggling to think of someone who would need even 10Gbp/s Ethernet in their home...

Not very useful in homes yet is it ;) 

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11 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I'm struggling to think of someone who would need even 10Gbp/s Ethernet in their home...

*raises hand*

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eventually 10gig will become the norm.

I still remember the 56kbps days then 10 and 10/100.

All my equipment is 10/100/1000 now. All m new servers I have planned have 10gig connections.

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5 minutes ago, Densetsu said:

*raises hand*

what the hell are you doing lol

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2 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

what the hell are you doing lol

Kicking the hard drives out of my case and adding a 150TB NAS to the picture.

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Just now, Densetsu said:

Kicking the hard drives out of my case and adding a 150TB NAS to the picture.

>150 TB

 

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26 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

>150 TB

 

I repeat... xD

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9 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

what the hell are you doing lol

I store all my info on my NAS and do a lot of transfers so I've got 10Gbit as well :D

I've also got an mGig switch for my APs and anything else that supports it :P

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This is enterprise tech and not even that new either to be honest. Can’t see a home tech geek channel like LTT being interested.

 

temember that all the ‘cool new tech’ they talk about has been around in the enterprise space for years before it hits the consumer/enthusiast market.

 

also those connections are proprietary cables it doesn’t use standard fibre/copper cabling afaik. I’ve got them in my (ten year old) hp blade virtualconnect modules

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