I'm starting to regret buying all those Mellanox NICs and pulling SM fiber runs through my house now.
this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2023
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Thunderbolt can create a network link between computers. A co-worker and I tried it out and we are excited to test what transfer speeds we can get with it.
Ya know, it's sorta funny that this kind of connectivity is what started 'workgroup' networks... ThickNet, ThinNet, etc. Ring topology is a good idea until you mix people and their computers in!
I'm frustrated that wired networking equipment faster than one gigabit is still expensive. My employer at the time upgraded to Gigabit equipment in 2016. Since then we have been on Gigabit. It's sad to me that even today 2.5 Gbps network equipment is uncommon.
Depends on use case. 10Gbps between switches (core, distribution, and access) is fairly commonplace and cheap. Per access to the host... only new access switches have multi-Gig ports (1,2.5,5,10Gbps). Those are expensive and are reserved for wireless APs, IME, as they service more than just a host.