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Hardware and Performance / Working on an OPNsense build that is 10+Gb/s capable, need a SFP28 NIC

« on: March 14, 2024, 09:36:22 pm »

I purchased a barebones 1U Intel R1208WFTYS server, grabbed an Intel Gold 6134 CPU, 8x8GB 2660 DDR4 RDIMMs, and I’m planning on grabbing 2x M.2 NVME 256 or 512GB SSDs for redundant storage. The motherboard  has 2x 10Gb RJ45 Intel ports built in. I’m hoping to find a good SFP28 2 port NIC that I can use for my WAN and LAN connections. I’ve seen the Intel 710-DA2 card and a few others out there for fairly reasonable prices. I’d like the best bang for the buck NIC that I can find, not trying to spend as much on the NIC as I already have on the whole server.