In my previous post, I described the building of two Linux virtual machines to benchmark the network. Here are the results. The first blip, is running iperf to the maximum speed between the two Linux VMs at 1Gbps, on separate hosts using Intel I350-T2 adapters....
In this post, I will quickly explain, how I created my Virtual Machine under Linux, that I have and will use to benchmark some aspects of my new 2014 Homelab. First I download from the CentOS website, the latest version of the CentOS 6.5 64bit Net Install .ISO. This...
Last summer, while reading the ServeTheHome.com website, I saw a great link to Ebay for Mellanox ConnectX-3 VPI cards (MCX354A-FCBT). These cards where selling at $299 on ebay. I took three of the awesome cards. These Mellanox ConnectX-3 VPI adapters where simply too...
