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> From: discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org [mailto:discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org] On Behalf > Of Daniel Feenberg > > We would like to speed up NFS traffic between a file server (FreeBSD with > ZFS) and a compute server (Linux) and wondered if 10 gigabit ethernet was > a reasonable approach. Can anyone report experience? Currently it appears > that NFS traffic saturates a 1 gigabit/second link, whereas local access > to files is several times as fast. > > We understand that "ganging" several 1 gig ethernet ports won't speed up a > single connection, only allow multiple 1 gig connections. That won't help > us, since we typically would only have one (large) file open on the > server. Is that right? > > Where would I look for 10 gigabit NICs compatible with that hardware? > Vendor names? Correct on all counts. I think you're best off, if you go for either Intel or Mellanox.
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