I am using these for other stuff: http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-STG-b4S.cfm
If you want NIC, also think of the "network side" : SFP+ switch are very common, 40G is less common, 25G is really new (= really few products) On 13/07/2016 16:50, Warren Wang - ISD wrote: > I¹ve run the Mellanox 40 gig card. Connectx 3-Pro, but that¹s old now. > Back when I ran it, the drivers were kind of a pain to deal with in > Ubuntu, primarily during PXE. It should be better now though. > > If you have the network to support it, 25Gbe is quite a bit cheaper per > port, and won¹t be so hard to drive. 40Gbe is very hard to fill. I > personally probably would not do 40 again. > > Warren Wang > > > > On 7/13/16, 9:10 AM, "ceph-users on behalf of Götz Reinicke - IT > Koordinator" <ceph-users-boun...@lists.ceph.com on behalf of > goetz.reini...@filmakademie.de> wrote: > >> Am 13.07.16 um 14:59 schrieb Joe Landman: >>> >>> >>> On 07/13/2016 08:41 AM, c...@jack.fr.eu.org wrote: >>>> 40Gbps can be used as 4*10Gbps >>>> >>>> I guess welcome feedbacks should not be stuck by "usage of a 40Gbps >>>> ports", but extented to "usage of more than a single 10Gbps port, eg >>>> 20Gbps etc too" >>>> >>>> Is there people here that are using more than 10G on an ceph server ? >>> >>> We have built, and are building Ceph units for some of our customers >>> with dual 100Gb links. The storage box was one of our all flash >>> Unison units for OSDs. Similarly, we have several customers actively >>> using multiple 40GbE links on our 60 bay Unison spinning rust disk >>> (SRD) box. >>> >> Now we get closer. Can you tell me which 40G Nic you use? >> >> /götz >> > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have > received this email in error destroy it immediately. *** Walmart Confidential > *** > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list > ceph-users@lists.ceph.com > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com > _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@lists.ceph.com http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com