Networking
Custom Firmware for Mellanox OEM Infiniband Cards – RDMA in Windows Server 2012
Build custom firmware for your Mellanox ConnectX-2 InfiniBand card from Dell, Sun, or HP to enable RDMA in Windows 2012
How To Configure IPoIB with Mellanox HCAs – Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
A quick how-to guide on configuring IPoIB with Mellanox HCAs using Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS. Get up and running in only a few minutes.
Netgear ProSafe GS105 Review (v4) 5-port Gigabit Switch – Small and Practical
Our Netgear ProSafe GS105 Review using the v4 revision. The Netgear GS105 is a 5-port gigabit Ethernet switch that uses very little power and is small!
DrayTek Vigor120 v2 Modem Review for ADSL and ADSL2+
Earlier this year we had a big thunderstorm, one very large bang later I discovered my Internet was out. A little investigating later led me to my old ADSL modem the Linksys AM300 had been destroyed due to the lightning strike....
Mellanox ConnectX-2 MHQH19B-XTR – 40gbps Windows SMB 3.0 Adapters
In Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 Microsoft introduced SMB 3.0 which greatly improves shared storage performance. After playing with it a bit, and I think others can concur, whereas SMB 2.1 was not a superior performance opt...
Low-cost Mellanox MHEA28-XTC 10gbps Infiniband Performance in Ubuntu 12.04
Building upon last weeks piece regarding how to set up an Infiniband link using a Ubuntu 12.04 machine. That guide utilized two very low cost Mellanox MHEA28-XTC controllers which cost less than $50 each used. Today we are look...
How to Set up an Infiniband SRP Target on Ubuntu 12.04
One question asked frequently on this site is how can low-cost Infiniband host channel adapters (HCA) be used to achieve high data transfer speeds between workstations, servers and storage. Unlike standard 10/100/1000/10000 Et...
Intel Ethernet Controller Buffer ECC Comparison
Intel recently posted an article outlining the ECC schemes found in its Ethernet controllers. For those that do not know, Intel Ethernet controllers have small (tens of KB usually) send/ receive buffers that help performance bu...
Dell Silicom PEG6I – VMWare ESXi 5.0 vSphere VT-d IOMMU Passthrough of the 6x Gigabit (GigE) Intel 82571EB Network Adapter
After the initial review of the Dell/ Silicom PEG6I six port Gigabit Ethernet adapter came up, where I showed that a simple search could yield six Intel Gigabit Ethernet ports on one card for under $125 (see here for the PE...
Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter for Linux, ESXi, Windows/ Hyper-V, and Solaris/ OpenIndiana
Last week I took a look at the Intel Pro/1000 PT gigabit Ethernet adapter. This week I am going to show off the Intel Gigabit CT Desktop adapter which runs around $35 new (see Amazon for Intel Gigabit CT Desktop adapter) and i...
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