So I am going to see if I can't get rid of the network bottleneck for my FreeNAS and desktop.
Here is what I am looking at doing:
Grab 4 Mellanox ConnectX-2 NIC's
Put one in my desktop, put one in my FreeNAS and put two into my OPNsense box and bridge my LAN connection with the two Mellanox cards so I do not need to pick up a switch for now. I know this can theoretically be slower than an actual switch but later on my plan is to get a switch and still have a spare Mellanox NIC for...
Quick question about SFP+ modules.
Here is what I am looking at doing:
Grab 4 Mellanox ConnectX-2 NIC's
Put one in my desktop, put one in my FreeNAS and put two into my OPNsense box and bridge my LAN connection with the two Mellanox cards so I do not need to pick up a switch for now. I know this can theoretically be slower than an actual switch but later on my plan is to get a switch and still have a spare Mellanox NIC for...
Quick question about SFP+ modules.