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10G nic recommendation
My X540-T2 died and I need a decent replacement. Not surprising considering the thing was hotter than the sun even under moderate forced (4u server not 1u) airflow.
Does anyone have any recommendation for a decent second hand10G NIC thats available on the second hand market in volume?
Server grade series only (must support 8+ RX queues, flow director, DPDK, etc). I was thinking the Intel X710-DA2. Does anyone have any experience with these?
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I usually just buy the 10GTek SFP+ cards off Amazon. I don't see a reason to pay 3x+ more for the x710 ones really.
My PCs running an RTL8127 based 10G so I certainly understand the inclination (even if the saving here is ~10-20% at most). I mostly run that because its pretty power efficient for an infrequent transmitter. But its not exactly a high performance card, ~4M PPS max throughput.
For reference my local recycler has X710-DA2 for AUD$70 inc GST (with replacement warranty from them), so pretty inexpesive compared to new intel cards (~AUD$500 ea). More on par with what I paid for my RTL8127 (new) a year ago (AUD$50) than new intel cards.
X710 series is awesome for use with DPDK.
Mellanox ConnectX-4 are great, I love these NICs.