10G Dual port NIC - Please recommend
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VMware is the safest because the few hardware components that are listed as compatible with ESXi are rock solid.
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Exactly my point. I run the X520's here and they work fine. I bet the DA2's would do that as well
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Exactly my point. I run the X520's here and they work fine. I bet the DA2's would do that as well
Yes, DA2's are solid under VMWare out of the box.
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(I didn't know Chelsio was so much more expensive, thanks for the heads-up)
Yes, it also seems Solarflare is quite OSS-friendly, since the not only support Linux, but offered drivers for the lesser known OS like not only FreeBSD but illumos too.In terms of the 520's: the sole difference between -DA2 and -SR / -LR models that I know is that the later models get delivered with Intel-branded optics.
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hi,
i posted guide how i created pfsense cluster with Intel 10Gb NICs. take a look http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,66573.msg369650.html#msg369650
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But the cards didnt have issues when virtualized in VmWare? Why not install ESXi and run it that way?
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this is exactly what i did. esxi and pfsense as VM with VNXNET3 NICs