Intel i350 GbE vs 10GbE NIC

oletuv

I´m researching the new Supermicro X10SDV-6C+-TLN4F (Xeon D-1528) for a pfSense build.

The board has Dual i350 GbE NIC + Dual 10GbE NIC via SoC. I only need two physical interfaces, one for WAN and one for LAN/VLANS. I think I´ve seen comments about poor driver support for the 10GbE NIC. Would the best option be to use the i350 GbE NIC?

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Keljian

What bandwidth are you pushing?

jasonlitka

@oletuv:

I´m researching the new Supermicro X10SDV-6C+-TLN4F (Xeon D-1528) for a pfSense build.

The board has Dual i350 GbE NIC + Dual 10GbE NIC via Soc. I only need two physical interfaces, one for WAN and one for LAN/VLANS. I think I´ve seen comments about poor driver support for the 10GbE NIC. Would the best option be to use the i350 GbE NIC?

Unless you've got an internet connection faster than 1Gbit/s you should use the 1Gbe ports.

oletuv

@Keljian:

What bandwidth are you pushing?

300 Mb up/down, probably 1Gb within a year.

The 10GbE NIC supports 100 Mb, 1Gb and 10GB.

messerchmidt

major overkill unless you want to run various VMs, or have a heavy load

Guest

I would use the dual i350 GBit/s for WAN and LAN. If you own a DMZ and/or LAN switch that is capable
of 10 GBit/s then I would use one i350 for the WAN and the 10 GBit/s ones for the LAN and DMZ switch
if in usage. Perhaps if there will be something likes the D-Link DGS1510 series, the the SG500x seris or
the Zyxel GS1910x series. If there are other devices likes NAS, SANs or servers that are owning also 10
GBit/s interfaces this can be really interesting too.

oletuv

@messerchmidt:

major overkill unless you want to run various VMs, or have a heavy load

I know ;D

oletuv

The STH Xeon-D1528 Benchmarks looks very impressive.