Performance with iSCSI/Fibre Channel

[netsyphon]

But if you went out and bought 10gbe you wouldnt have to, problem solved!

I'm currently in a similar boat.. need more than 129mb/s on a single path to a host! multipathing is great if you are threading the data in multiple streams but thats not how a single host works.. and thats what I need.. around 300mb/s to each host. the cost seems to be about 200$ per port on the server and about 500$ more per port on a switch, which theoretically is the evolution in high speed infrastructure, thats not a bad price to pay for something thats still going to be considered smokin' fast 5 years from now. What do you think Todd? have you guys played at all with a pure 10gbe san?

[To-M]

The Neterion's are right in front of me (4 feet to be exact ) - I have the cable to interconnect just need the switch and the time. I might do a short 2 min. video demo of replicating with the 10GbE Neterions in mid Jan. for the replication function. netsyphon I can set 2 systems up to have you check it out or I can provide a web demo - let me know.

[netsyphon]

are the only 10gbe switches out in blade form? got any examples of a good switch? should we use the fiber or cx4?

im working on getting some oracle database servers running solaris x86 using these cards.

[SuperSAN]

The Fajitsu XG1200 is not a blade.. it looks funcky and fat.. but haa it might be the right one..

[To-M]

Most of the customers are using the Fujitsu XG700 which is the 12 port of CX4.

[SeanLeyne]

should we use the fiber or cx4?

My own research shows that CX4 is a much cheaper than Fiber in total cost of implementation.

With CX4 the transceiver is build into the switch. With Fiber the transceivers are a separate (and expensive) options, since there are different types of Fiber transceivers for different transmission distances.

Fiber is only better/cheaper in the actual cables; CX4 cables are more expensive and bulkier than Fiber.

Finally, most CX4 cables only supports connections to a maximum distance of about 20m (although Intel offers slim CX4 cables which support distances up to 100m)

[netsyphon]

very helpful!!!

ill have to play with some of this stuff

[SeanLeyne]

im working on getting some oracle database servers running solaris x86 using these cards.

The only problem I would have with that card is that you need to purchase a separate transceiver; whereas a card like the Intel® PRO/10GbE CX4 Server Adapter comes as a single unit; just provide the cables and go.

The Intel card is ~$875 whereas the Sun card alone is $950 with the transceiver ranging from $1500 to $3500.

[netsyphon]

The only problem I would have with that card is that you need to purchase a separate transceiver; whereas a card like the Intel® PRO/10GbE CX4 Server Adapter comes as a single unit; just provide the cables and go.

The Intel card is ~$875 whereas the Sun card alone is $950 with the transceiver ranging from $1500 to $3500.

also looks like the same card minus the sun logo.. thanks!

[SeanLeyne]

also looks like the same card minus the sun logo.. thanks!

I thought so as well, but the product literature indicates that it comes with the appropriate CX4/XPAK module (transceiver), which has a separate price of ~$400.

Separately, I didn't see anything about CX4 in my reading of the Sun card details -- though I didn't read all the details.