for datacenters and land networks, i really like fiber optical cable and switching equipment for fiber, like sfp switches and connectors and of course the fiber optical cable. i do a small bit programming and configurating on server and switches, but the funniest thing is the fiber cable installation and not the copper cable.
I feel like such a commoner using 1GB connections between my computers and servers now! I saw Linus Tech Tips with his 40GB/s network between machines and I have wanted to upgrade network speeds, but I have simply not made the investment in switches and routers for the change yet.
At least I found out that the older 40g qsfp cards that use pcie 2 x8 cant even deliver the 40Gb per Port because pcie 2 x8 only gives 32Gb bandwidth so you end up with 1 32Gbps connection or 2 16G ones
at Work the whole base infrastructure is Singlemode. We test how mutch stress an patch cable could handle and yes you could see an minimal drop if you step on it/snip against it. Multimode OM* is the same, but if you go up from OM2 to OM3 or 4 it is less an problem because of the higher quality of the fiber and the drop wount be as high as in OM1. Of cause dual Fiber/single way is commend in nomal use, but some carrier, especially FTTH one, use dual Way/single Fiber with 1/10G. Yes prices for 10G are Multi Mode 300/550m < Single Mode 10k < Single Mode 40k but if you want to use Fiber Channel 16G or go multiplexing like DWDM... man there you have to pay an massiv enterprise premium. And don't reuse fiber patch cable is normal for us, too. Thanks you for creating :)
Morten, could you do a videos where you Power UP ALL of your servers at the Same Time and Show how loud it is in your little datacenter with all the Servers online? Taht would be really nice! And what do you Think about Networking Gear from "Ubiquiti"?
Hi DerrChecker I do not have the Power or cooling to run it all at once. I know very little about Ubiquiti,, but I hear god things. Thank you for watching! :-)
10GBe is nice, I agree with you... I don't know why, but I built in my Homeoffice a 10GBase-T Network (because I just rewired in CAT6a/7 half a year ago, so I decided not to get LC/LC Fiber 10Gbase ). I have a Dual 10Gbase T runing from my main rig to a Bufallo BX-XP2012-EU which connects to my storage Server.
That orange multimode fiber starts to cut out around 10Gb speeds, you want singlemode fiber or OM3/OM4 multimode fiber for 10Gb. Some of those Cisco add on cards for that series of switched only have two 10Gb ports, making the other two 1Gb ports, or all four ports can be used at 1Gb speeds. I think the cards you have are this way.
Actually 1.25Gbyte/s, although overhead brings it down a little. The overhead depends on packet size, but generally when using jumbo frames you would get about 99% of this.
Depends on the distance. I am using literally cheap CAT5e UTP cables at my cottage but my server and desktop are right beside each other so it is very easy to get 10GbE at that distance. Generally, CAT6A will provide 10GbE at any reasonable distance.
I see you got the switch figured out, because it's in production already. That's a good thing! Are you moving over to Hyper-V? or just testing 10 gbe with windows?
What is the model of the Cisco switch? I have been looking at the Quanta LB6M, but I don't really need 24 ports. mellanox connectx-2 cards can be found on ebay for under $20 free shipping and 3 meter DAC cable included, set MTU to 9000 and I get 9.8 gbps to my fileserver.
Hi Morten, Are there any standard RJ45 type cables (CAT6/A?) compatible with 10Gb Ethernet NICs? This is completely new to me, but I am not sure what the SFP is all about. I am still learning though. Thank you so much for putting up this video. It's a great starting point to learn... Cheers.
I have no clue...looks like there both CAT6 and CAT7 is capable of handling 10Gb bandwidth, but the industry is moving towards optical cables. I was wondering about RJ45 type connector and backward compatibility with old network switches. But again...it will probably be time to upgrade switches if one needs 10GB bandwidth. Thanks again for posting these videos. It really helps keep up with technology, especially for those who dont have their own datacenter lab at home. Thanks so much. Also, one request, would it be possible to make a video on Switches, Fabric Connects, Cables and Connectors types? I would appreciate that so much if you could. Thanks once again.
Cat6A is what you want for 10Gb Copper Ethernet, CAT6 should do it as well for short runs. You can get a Copper cable called a DAC which is copper cable with an SFP module at each end. This should be cheaper than 2 SFP+ and the fibre patch lead. The pro's and cons are that DAC cables can have compatibility issues between vendors and max length is about 10M where as SFP+ and Single/Multi-Mode fibre cable runs can be longer and you can use different vendor SFPs at each end but make sure they are same types along with cable i.e. LX Fibre (Long Range) SFP+ and OS2 Fibre ( 9/125) or SX Fibre (Short Range) SFP+ and OM3 Fibre Patch (50/125)
I would use cat 7, I have had good luck with cat 7, the new switches should know if it is realy A cat 7/6 cable or not, on mine it is two different colors and that is A gigabit switch
Do you clean the LC fibre patch cable and the sfp port of dust before connecting the patch cable? I am more talking in mission critical applications, although your little data centre is starting to be a little mission critical now :)
so now you've upgraded to fiber at home... i guess i do now have someone to talk to about dealing with my fiber. i have my data centers linked through fiber to 5 x3650 m1 and 5 xseries 346
My PlayHouse I have a quick question Is the server management port only usable with a RSA or is it something completely different? I have Avocent DSR8030 KVM that I'm still trying to figure out on setting up but I'm thinking the RSA is a better way to go from the looks of things
The RSAII or IMM is completely different, and can run on a different VLAN if you want that,, and you get some good options,,, and you can use both,,RSAII and an KVM.
Interesting topic :) It just happens that I unboxed a Cisco Catalyst 4900M switch and two 10 Gbit optic transceiver modules... Also, it's the first time I see a Cisco switch at your datacenter. Are you going to set them using the console or telnet, or are you just going to leave them as "dumb" switches? Have you got any experience with IOS? (I'm just curious)
i hope one day you play with a connect x2 card as its causing me nothing but issues i have a intel x520 card coming as the mezzanine card i got works beautifully just not the connect x2 card
Have you seen Linus Tech Tips' video entitled "Our Cheapest & Fastest Network Speed Yet?" It deals with the specific quirks of the Connect X2 cards in Windows. You need several drivers or firmware updates in addition to subnet tweaks for everything to work properly with an existing Internet link of a more traditional technology such as Ethernet.
What raid setup do you need to have the fastest Hard drive speed from 10,000 rpm drives to get the fastest 10 GB, I have A Netgear 1,000 with two 10,000 on it, I would a some raid 50 is the best for this, you have A lot of good computer info in your videos keep it up, thanks
This what I will be getting three Dell PowerEdge T110, they are on the cheap, with good cpu upgrades & sas config, I want the Dell PowerEdge T130 but it looks like they are out of my range for my project, but the price is right for my network build for that Dell PowerEdge T110, what would you recommend for the cheapest 10 gb network cards, thanks
Hello, do you know if 49Y7980 Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded Adapter OR 49Y7960 Intel x520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter for System x works with x3650 m3 too? Thanks in advance
Hi iorgu iordan They might work just fine,,, there are other adapters in this list : lenovopress.com/tips0805-system-x3650-m3 Under : Network adapters..... Thank you for watching! :-)
Thank you for encouragement". We had a good offer for Intel (about 200 euro new), unlike Mellanox (00D9690 - 350 euro) i will get one for x3650 m4 and i will test for m3 (do you know if m3 supports the mezzanine type?). Although it is offtopic, what type of the latest Cable Management Arm (CMA) do you use for m3 and m4: 69Y1192 =IBM System x Gen-III Large Capacity CMA or 00FK622 =System x Enterprise 2U Cable Management Arm (CMA)? I mean, would it be a problem depending on the rails kit or m3 / m4, or does NOt matter? (I would not want to buy them for nothing)
Hi iorgu iordan I do not think the mezzanine cards from the M4 will fit in the M3,,, there are some darted carts available for the M3,, but only 1Gbe. CMA,, I just use the set that comes with the box,,, never thought about it... Thank you for watching! :-)
Hi Morten, enjoy your video's. New Synology DS1517+ and DS1817+ also support 10Gbit pcie card. One 10Gbit interface from your server for fast lan and the other 10Gbit interface for fast iSCSI storage network? Sure that would be awesome ;-)
Hi gonace I do not remember,, but just got one of there : amzn.to/2GYbGOD I payed like $600 and suddenly they cost a fortune.. Thank you for watching! :-)
Damn $2,300+, I think I'll wait or buy something refurbished :D I've been looking for a rackable 10GbE switch for quite a while but my most concern is about finding a samller one to mount where my fiber is connected to my apparment and a NetGear M4300-12X12F is perfect but they cost a fortune!
Hey i see the video a little bit late but, i think your know what SFP is meaning @ this time but i let my comment here: SFP+ = Small Form-factor Pluggable
Soon there will be no more room in the server to add things. You need to get another one. I would like to upgrade to 10G network but have too many things to do before I can. I need a ton of hard drives for storage and to get everything organized in the server rack.
Hi Scott Downey Thank You very much! I have been waiting on 10G for a long time to,, and not even sure I really need it now. Thank you for watching! :-)
Hi d1erubey If you want a cheap good server to play with. I made a video talking about that : th-cam.com/video/p2lGufUYIZw/w-d-xo.html But if you want a 24/7 server that has to stay in your room under your bed :-) maybe go more this way : th-cam.com/video/TqoazLMZNXY/w-d-xo.html Thank you for watching! :-)
Hi, i got myself two X540-T2 with RJ45 connectors (1 for my server/nas and 1 for my pc). But no matter what i do i cant get passed 1.4 Gigabyte/s transfer speed. I tried some real world file transfers via SMB3 Multichannel and also some benchmarks. Any idea why? EDIT: But i get around 1 gigabyte/s with just one port. PCIE limitation? And if yes of the card itself or my pcie port. I run the hole thing on a dual processor mainboard can that cause problems with pcie speeds?
Are you saturating your disks' read/write speeds on the client and/or server? That would be my first guess. You should try doing some network speed tests with iperf, that way it is only testing network speed and not any other bottlenecks.
I tested the file speeds with a ram disk on both server(nas) and client(pc) with a single 13gig file. For benchmarking i used NTttcp. Also the disk tranferspeed and active time for the ram disk was fine in the windows resource monitor. I checked the specs of the nic and it says it should handle (PCI-E 2.1) 5TB/s at 8 lanes so 32 Gigabit/s uni directional on the pcie slot?
Hi Jens K I do get this question from time to time, so I have added it to my F.A.Q. that you can check out under the "about" tab here on my channel. I give a longer answer there. Thank you for watching! :-)
not exactly same thing I have find out this hard way intel is crap network wise I have had intel AF DA at best I was getting 1.6gbps (from 10gbe) I have switched to infiniband (qlogic qle7140 single port 10gb cx4 infiniband sdr x4) which due to being out very much like pcie is actually just 8gbps anyway I got my 8gbps using exactly same hardware. Now I am getting 1GB/s from my BTRFS RAID6 previously I was getting just over 160MB/s using 2 10GbE ports Emulex is much better QLogic is much better Broadcom is much better do not use intel for networking - it is bottleneck
Yes and no.. Lenovo Thinkpads come in 'cheap' and 'good quality' lines and even then the quality does not really match the rock solid IBM Quality. Made in UK.. not China.. not a scratch after years of usage. Compare that with current Thinkpads.. I know the Lenovo Workstations and Servers still are quite good, but at the same time the brand contains much cheap consumer products and not much innovation anymore.. I like Thinkpads! But they used to be better, at least that's my impression.
Bro you have an amazing setup for home use! Those 10gb Cisco switches are sick!
Hi @attilavidacs24
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I'm guessing his background music will never change
Well,, here 7 years,, No,, but I have turned it down a bit :-/
@@MyPlayHouse hah! And he replies 7 years later. I actually really like the music.
@@MyPlayHousemusic brings me back. Nostalgia. Back when I watched your videos during my IT college days.
I really enjoy your networking videos more than any other tech youtubers.
Thank You,, what makes this video spicial ?
Great video!
SFP stands for: Small Form-factor Pluggable (transceiver)
Hi Carambal81
Thank You very much!
Thank you for watching! :-)
for datacenters and land networks, i really like fiber optical cable and switching equipment for fiber, like sfp switches and connectors and of course the fiber optical cable.
i do a small bit programming and configurating on server and switches, but the funniest thing is the fiber cable installation and not the copper cable.
Hi Mikael Ji Skov Kristensen
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I feel like such a commoner using 1GB connections between my computers and servers now! I saw Linus Tech Tips with his 40GB/s network between machines and I have wanted to upgrade network speeds, but I have simply not made the investment in switches and routers for the change yet.
Hi Tyler Barton
I am not running 10G yet,, just warming up for it!!
Thank you for watching! :-)
At least I found out that the older 40g qsfp cards that use pcie 2 x8 cant even deliver the 40Gb per Port because pcie 2 x8 only gives 32Gb bandwidth so you end up with 1 32Gbps connection or 2 16G ones
at Work the whole base infrastructure is Singlemode. We test how mutch stress an patch cable could handle and yes you could see an minimal drop if you step on it/snip against it. Multimode OM* is the same, but if you go up from OM2 to OM3 or 4 it is less an problem because of the higher quality of the fiber and the drop wount be as high as in OM1.
Of cause dual Fiber/single way is commend in nomal use, but some carrier, especially FTTH one, use dual Way/single Fiber with 1/10G.
Yes prices for 10G are Multi Mode 300/550m < Single Mode 10k < Single Mode 40k but if you want to use Fiber Channel 16G or go multiplexing like DWDM... man there you have to pay an massiv enterprise premium.
And don't reuse fiber patch cable is normal for us, too.
Thanks you for creating :)
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Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
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Great video learned a lot. Great job again my friend!
You are Welcome..
Morten, could you do a videos where you Power UP ALL of your servers at the Same Time and Show how loud it is in your little datacenter with all the Servers online? Taht would be really nice! And what do you Think about Networking Gear from "Ubiquiti"?
Hi DerrChecker
I do not have the Power or cooling to run it all at once.
I know very little about Ubiquiti,, but I hear god things.
Thank you for watching! :-)
I've had a Ubiquiti UniFi UAP-PRO for several years now and it's great. Rock solid. Good range. Easy admin.
10GBe is nice, I agree with you...
I don't know why, but I built in my Homeoffice a 10GBase-T Network (because I just rewired in CAT6a/7 half a year ago, so I decided not to get LC/LC Fiber 10Gbase ). I have a Dual 10Gbase T runing from my main rig to a Bufallo BX-XP2012-EU which connects to my storage Server.
Hi tmkoeln
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
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Enjoyed this video I've taken baby steps gone 4gps for file servers.
Even here 7 years later,, 10GbE is not the standard. :-)
That orange multimode fiber starts to cut out around 10Gb speeds, you want singlemode fiber or OM3/OM4 multimode fiber for 10Gb. Some of those Cisco add on cards for that series of switched only have two 10Gb ports, making the other two 1Gb ports, or all four ports can be used at 1Gb speeds. I think the cards you have are this way.
www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3750x_3560x/hardware/install/notes/net_mod_note.html The C3KX-NM-10G is what I am talking about
Robopwner ack, usually 10gbe is only specified for om3/4,howecer at this small distance it shouldn't be a problem
Oh yeah, you are correct. I just found this chart, should be helpful: www.lanshack.com/Fiber-Type-vs-Speed-and-Distance.aspx
Hi Robopwner
Thank You very much! That sucks,, I thought I had 4 10G ports,, now there is only 2. :-/
Thank you for watching! :-)
You need the blue OM3/4 cables, orange is not rated for 10GbE, though i suppose for the distance you wont notice too much of a difference.
Hi Nicholas Eagle
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What about putting a 10 GBE card in your file server and/or main computer?
Gigabyte ethernet?!?!? ;)
Actually 10 gigabit/second IS one gigabyte/second... :P
Ha! Touche, good sir! I should've included 10 with my kidding troll comment.
Hi Caden Higgins
Thank You very much! Yes that would be a great use for it.
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Actually 1.25Gbyte/s, although overhead brings it down a little. The overhead depends on packet size, but generally when using jumbo frames you would get about 99% of this.
Just got 2 x540-t1's with RJ45, finally upgrading from the slow gigabit network in my office.
Hi VRBTech
What cables are good for 10Gbit in rj45 ??
Thank you for watching! :-)
Cat 6 Rj45
My PlayHouse i have cat6a sftp all over but measured 750MB/s over 20 meter of cat 5e utp. Thanks for the vids!
Depends on the distance. I am using literally cheap CAT5e UTP cables at my cottage but my server and desktop are right beside each other so it is very easy to get 10GbE at that distance. Generally, CAT6A will provide 10GbE at any reasonable distance.
I see you got the switch figured out, because it's in production already. That's a good thing!
Are you moving over to Hyper-V? or just testing 10 gbe with windows?
Hi Henk Kok
Thank You very much! I was testing the AMD graphics card,, on Windows.
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You know your homelab is over the top when you should be wearing hearing protection
Yes then you have taken it to far :-)
lots of stuff you got there!
Yep,, lots of stuff..
great work bud keep it up
Hi @markgoldthorpe1549
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What is the model of the Cisco switch? I have been looking at the Quanta LB6M, but I don't really need 24 ports.
mellanox connectx-2 cards can be found on ebay for under $20 free shipping and 3 meter DAC cable included,
set MTU to 9000 and I get 9.8 gbps to my fileserver.
Hi Adam Rosas
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Hi Morten,
Are there any standard RJ45 type cables (CAT6/A?) compatible with 10Gb Ethernet NICs? This is completely new to me, but I am not sure what the SFP is all about. I am still learning though. Thank you so much for putting up this video. It's a great starting point to learn...
Cheers.
I'm not sure,, 6 or cat7!
I have no clue...looks like there both CAT6 and CAT7 is capable of handling 10Gb bandwidth, but the industry is moving towards optical cables. I was wondering about RJ45 type connector and backward compatibility with old network switches. But again...it will probably be time to upgrade switches if one needs 10GB bandwidth. Thanks again for posting these videos. It really helps keep up with technology, especially for those who dont have their own datacenter lab at home. Thanks so much.
Also, one request, would it be possible to make a video on Switches, Fabric Connects, Cables and Connectors types? I would appreciate that so much if you could. Thanks once again.
Cat6A is what you want for 10Gb Copper Ethernet, CAT6 should do it as well for short runs. You can get a Copper cable called a DAC which is copper cable with an SFP module at each end. This should be cheaper than 2 SFP+ and the fibre patch lead. The pro's and cons are that DAC cables can have compatibility issues between vendors and max length is about 10M where as SFP+ and Single/Multi-Mode fibre cable runs can be longer and you can use different vendor SFPs at each end but make sure they are same types along with cable i.e. LX Fibre (Long Range) SFP+ and OS2 Fibre ( 9/125) or SX Fibre (Short Range) SFP+ and OM3 Fibre Patch (50/125)
Additionally the more common Server cards on the second hand market are the SFP Fibre types so these will nearly always be cheaper.
I would use cat 7, I have had good luck with cat 7, the new switches should know if it is realy A cat 7/6 cable or not, on mine it is two different colors and that is A gigabit switch
was fiber for u cheaper then direct attach copper cable?
Hi Jochem van der Meulen
I had Fiber at hand.
Thank you for watching! :-)
Do you clean the LC fibre patch cable and the sfp port of dust before connecting the patch cable? I am more talking in mission critical applications, although your little data centre is starting to be a little mission critical now :)
Hi Mac·au
Thank You very much! Yes we clean with those weird fiber cleaners.. But we do not usually reuse the cables.
Thank you for watching! :-)
so now you've upgraded to fiber at home... i guess i do now have someone to talk to about dealing with my fiber. i have my data centers linked through fiber to 5 x3650 m1 and 5 xseries 346
Hi Joe MacPherson
I have not gotten that fare yet,, but I am going that way... :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
My PlayHouse I have a quick question
Is the server management port only usable with a RSA or is it something completely different?
I have Avocent DSR8030 KVM that I'm still trying to figure out on setting up but I'm thinking the RSA is a better way to go from the looks of things
The RSAII or IMM is completely different, and can run on a different VLAN if you want that,, and you get some good options,,, and you can use both,,RSAII and an KVM.
Interesting topic :) It just happens that I unboxed a Cisco Catalyst 4900M switch and two 10 Gbit optic transceiver modules... Also, it's the first time I see a Cisco switch at your datacenter. Are you going to set them using the console or telnet, or are you just going to leave them as "dumb" switches? Have you got any experience with IOS? (I'm just curious)
Hi AttilaSVK
Thank You very much! I am getting a bit of help on the cisco´s :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
i hope one day you play with a connect x2 card as its causing me nothing but issues i have a intel x520 card coming as the mezzanine card i got works beautifully just not the connect x2 card
Have you seen Linus Tech Tips' video entitled "Our Cheapest & Fastest Network Speed Yet?" It deals with the specific quirks of the Connect X2 cards in Windows. You need several drivers or firmware updates in addition to subnet tweaks for everything to work properly with an existing Internet link of a more traditional technology such as Ethernet.
So,, has that day come,, yet :-) Morten from the futura...
wow , good choise !!!!! .......best option for production network.
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Yes ,your videois great
What raid setup do you need to have the fastest Hard drive speed from 10,000 rpm drives to get the fastest 10 GB, I have A Netgear 1,000 with two 10,000 on it, I would a some raid 50 is the best for this, you have A lot of good computer info in your videos keep it up, thanks
Hi Joel Crocker
Well raid0 would be the fastes,,, but no security. then raid1..
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This what I will be getting three Dell PowerEdge T110, they are on the cheap, with good cpu upgrades & sas config, I want the Dell PowerEdge T130 but it looks like they are out of my range for my project, but the price is right for my network build for that Dell PowerEdge T110, what would you recommend for the cheapest 10 gb network cards, thanks
The cpu was dead in that system, I got A floor model of A T300 from A different Seller, in the mail
Would you do a video on when you have to move all your stuff on the top and how to install that switch please great video like normal
Some is still sitting in my garage.
That battery cable thingi is so odd over the nic and below the pci!!
Hi Ravi peter
Well it works :-) glad you liked the video.
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Hello,
do you know if 49Y7980 Intel X520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Embedded Adapter OR 49Y7960 Intel x520 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ Adapter for System x works with x3650 m3 too?
Thanks in advance
Hi iorgu iordan
They might work just fine,,, there are other adapters in this list : lenovopress.com/tips0805-system-x3650-m3
Under : Network adapters.....
Thank you for watching! :-)
Thank you for encouragement".
We had a good offer for Intel (about 200 euro new), unlike Mellanox (00D9690 - 350 euro)
i will get one for x3650 m4 and i will test for m3 (do you know if m3 supports the mezzanine type?).
Although it is offtopic, what type of the latest Cable Management Arm (CMA) do you use for m3 and m4: 69Y1192 =IBM System x Gen-III Large Capacity CMA or 00FK622 =System x Enterprise 2U Cable Management Arm (CMA)? I mean, would it be a problem depending on the rails kit or m3 / m4, or does NOt matter?
(I would not want to buy them for nothing)
Hi iorgu iordan
I do not think the mezzanine cards from the M4 will fit in the M3,,, there are some darted carts available for the M3,, but only 1Gbe.
CMA,, I just use the set that comes with the box,,, never thought
about it...
Thank you for watching! :-)
Hi Morten, enjoy your video's. New Synology DS1517+ and DS1817+ also support 10Gbit pcie card. One 10Gbit interface from your server for fast lan and the other 10Gbit interface for fast iSCSI storage network? Sure that would be awesome ;-)
Hi Freddy Lauwers
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Hi, do you know if i can use rails from a IBM eSever xSeries x335 for my x3650 M2?
Hi Huehnerkuchen
No sorry I do not. :-/
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I really need to get get 10gbit for my servers. Can't wait.
Are you still waiting ?
Is orange for 1g and cyan / light-blue for 10gb? Or it doesn't matter for short distance work at home?
Hi Gordon McLellan
I am told that this orange cable, might not be the best.
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Nice addition, it will show the bottlenecks in the server now.
Never thought of numbered cable clips/labels for "Bad hair days" ?
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That is a busy closet!
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What model of Cisco siwtch do you use for your 10 Gbit connections?
Hi gonace
I do not remember,, but just got one of there : amzn.to/2GYbGOD
I payed like $600 and suddenly they cost a fortune..
Thank you for watching! :-)
Damn $2,300+, I think I'll wait or buy something refurbished :D I've been looking for a rackable 10GbE switch for quite a while but my most concern is about finding a samller one to mount where my fiber is connected to my apparment and a NetGear M4300-12X12F is perfect but they cost a fortune!
Hey i see the video a little bit late but, i think your know what SFP is meaning @ this time but i let my comment here: SFP+ = Small Form-factor Pluggable
Hi Wyvern871
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Soon there will be no more room in the server to add things. You need to get another one. I would like to upgrade to 10G network but have too many things to do before I can. I need a ton of hard drives for storage and to get everything organized in the server rack.
Hi Scott Downey
Thank You very much! I have been waiting on 10G for a long time to,, and not even sure I really need it now.
Thank you for watching! :-)
I'm looking t get my firs server for my new house. What would toy recommend for a budget server.
Hi d1erubey
If you want a cheap good server to play with. I made a video talking about that : th-cam.com/video/p2lGufUYIZw/w-d-xo.html
But if you want a 24/7 server that has to stay in your room under your bed :-) maybe go more this way : th-cam.com/video/TqoazLMZNXY/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for watching! :-)
Thanks I will see if i can find the IBM M1 x3650,
Hi,
i got myself two X540-T2 with RJ45 connectors (1 for my server/nas and 1 for my pc). But no matter what i do i cant get passed 1.4 Gigabyte/s transfer speed. I tried some real world file transfers via SMB3 Multichannel and also some benchmarks. Any idea why?
EDIT: But i get around 1 gigabyte/s with just one port. PCIE limitation? And if yes of the card itself or my pcie port. I run the hole thing on a dual processor mainboard can that cause problems with pcie speeds?
Jonas Meyer try to increase the MTU of your network cards
I already did set it to 9000 "jumbo frame" and increased the transmit and receive buffer.
Do you use SSD Cache at the NAS?
Are you saturating your disks' read/write speeds on the client and/or server? That would be my first guess. You should try doing some network speed tests with iperf, that way it is only testing network speed and not any other bottlenecks.
I tested the file speeds with a ram disk on both server(nas) and client(pc) with a single 13gig file. For benchmarking i used NTttcp. Also the disk tranferspeed and active time for the ram disk was fine in the windows resource monitor. I checked the specs of the nic and it says it should handle (PCI-E 2.1) 5TB/s at 8 lanes so 32 Gigabit/s uni directional on the pcie slot?
if you need any assistance with your Cisco 3750e, let me know.
actually looks like a 3650e or 3560e couldn't see it that well on my phone.
Hi Daniel Tekmyster
Thank You very much! glad to have a Cisco pro at hand :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
It is not a 3560e, those have X2 ports
It is a 3560-X
Robopwner your right, i should have realized that, i have the 3750x at home, and we use the Es at work.
wow so cool. awesome.
Hi @TheJoshscanon
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
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windows media player classic!!! who doesn't enjoy listening to some music in noisy server room?
Hi Richard Du
Thank You very much! It's called Enterprise Heavy Metal :-)
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Wa hulen bruger du alle de servere til?
Hi Jens K
I do get this question from time to time, so I have added it to my F.A.Q. that you can check out under the "about" tab here on my channel. I give a longer answer there.
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Thank you and COOL! :-)
I rang the bell.
Hi T Komoski
Thank You very much!
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pls give me x520-1 win10 64 driver thanks😊 error 10 no start😢
I think you might need to look for the chipset, to find a working driver.
i am sure this is good for remotefx 4k streaming
Yep,, that should do it :-)
why do you run windows on your servers instead of linux?
I run VM-ware ESXi,, that is linux,,
You need some noise cancelling headphones ;-)
Hi Michael Addlesee
Thank You very much! I do have that :-)
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Its x710 not 520
This is a really old video,, it cold be.
Love dell servers
I am sure the lgbtqia+ community did not see that one comming :-)
not exactly same thing
I have find out this hard way
intel is crap network wise
I have had intel AF DA
at best I was getting 1.6gbps (from 10gbe)
I have switched to infiniband (qlogic qle7140 single port 10gb cx4 infiniband sdr x4) which due to being out very much like pcie is actually just 8gbps
anyway I got my 8gbps using exactly same hardware.
Now I am getting 1GB/s from my BTRFS RAID6 previously I was getting just over 160MB/s using 2 10GbE ports
Emulex is much better
QLogic is much better
Broadcom is much better
do not use intel for networking - it is bottleneck
The is a lot of trouble, you've seen! :-/ hope you get it working.
What if you cut it in half the speed you would have 5G and you could make a call.
Hi T Komoski
Yep that is how that works :-)
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16 minutes to show plugging in a card.
Hi ShaneX
Thank You very much! it's a talent :-)
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Morder your house is very ugly , but your hardware is very fantastic ! ;)'
I would be very insulted,, but luckily I am Morten, and do not know Morder (witch btw. in Danish means Killer.)
@@MyPlayHouse sorry sorry sorry. Stavo scherzando
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Hi BYTOOX COMMENTAIRE
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I still don' t like 'Lenovo'. IBM should never have sold it.
Hi Ray Hey
I hope Lenovo keeps the high quality, like they did on the laptops.
Thank you for watching! :-)
Yes and no.. Lenovo Thinkpads come in 'cheap' and 'good quality' lines and even then the quality does not really match the rock solid IBM Quality. Made in UK.. not China.. not a scratch after years of usage. Compare that with current Thinkpads.. I know the Lenovo Workstations and Servers still are quite good, but at the same time the brand contains much cheap consumer products and not much innovation anymore.. I like Thinkpads! But they used to be better, at least that's my impression.