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Hardware and Performance / Dell R720 Esxi 6.7 host - Best intell Quad port NiC to use for performance
« on: November 27, 2022, 03:42:16 pm »
Hello,
Hoping someone has a recommendation for an Intel based Quad Port GB Nic card for my Dell R720 Esxi 6.7 host. We run OpnSense on Esxi and the network performance is not great. We have tried all the tweaking that has been posted to try and get OpnSense xBSD using the ESXI VMXNETx adaptors to run at anything approaching wire speed.
All the linux VM's in the host run at wire speed and across the vswitch approaching 10G but the OpnSense VM is not great performance-wise. I reaised issues with the BSD devs but no one has even looked at them. I can also see many other users posting about the network performance issues.
The R720 has a Dell branded Broadcom Quad port card. and I am thinking maybe we switch that to an Intel based card as other posters have said that is the best option as the em driver is the best supported and is in the kernel.
Does anyone have a tested recommendation for an intel based quad port Copper GB card?
Cheers
Spart
Hoping someone has a recommendation for an Intel based Quad Port GB Nic card for my Dell R720 Esxi 6.7 host. We run OpnSense on Esxi and the network performance is not great. We have tried all the tweaking that has been posted to try and get OpnSense xBSD using the ESXI VMXNETx adaptors to run at anything approaching wire speed.
All the linux VM's in the host run at wire speed and across the vswitch approaching 10G but the OpnSense VM is not great performance-wise. I reaised issues with the BSD devs but no one has even looked at them. I can also see many other users posting about the network performance issues.
The R720 has a Dell branded Broadcom Quad port card. and I am thinking maybe we switch that to an Intel based card as other posters have said that is the best option as the em driver is the best supported and is in the kernel.
Does anyone have a tested recommendation for an intel based quad port Copper GB card?
Cheers
Spart