Tuesday, September 3rd 2019
QNAP Introduces QXG-10G2T-107, a Dual-port 5-Speed 10GBASE-T NIC
QNAP Systems, Inc. today introduced the new QXG-10G2T-107, a dual-port PCI Express (PCIe) 10GBASE-T/NBASE-T NIC that supports 5 network speeds. It can be installed in a compatible QNAP NAS or a Windows /Linux PC with PCIe 2.0 x4 slots, providing organizations or individuals with a flexible and economical 10 GbE network connectivity solution.
The QXG-10G2T-107 uses the Aquantia AQtion AQC107S Ethernet controller that supports 10/5/2.5/1 Gbps and 100 Mbps network speeds. The RJ45 connector design also allows users to use existing cables. Transmission speeds can reach up to 5 Gbps when using CAT-5e cables, or up to 10 Gbps when using CAT 6 (or advanced versions) cables, unleashing the full potential of the QXG-10G2T-107.
"As 10 GbE network environment becomes more common, QNAP continues to deliver cost-effective 10 GbE solutions," said Dan Lin, Product Manager of QNAP, adding "Following QNAP's release of the single-port Multi-Gig QXG-10G1T NIC, the newly rolled out dual-port QXG-10G2T-107 NIC also leverages Aquantia Ethernet controller to offer Multi-Gig transfer rates, helping users to easily upgrade their PCs or NAS systems with 10 Gbps capability to accommodate intensive data transfer and boost productivity of team collaboration and personal workflows."
Windows and Linux users can download drivers from NIC manufacturer Aquantia's website. Using the QXG-10G2T-107 in a QNAP NAS requires QTS 4.3.6 or later.
Additionally, QNAP is offering 15% discount on popular PCIe network cards featuring Mellanox ConnectX -4 Lx SmartNIC - the 25 GbE QXG-25G2SF-CX4 and 10 GbE QXG-10G2SF-CX4 network NICs. Both cards can be installed in a NAS or PC, and support iSER (iSCSI Extension for RDMA) to offload CPU workloads and optimize VMware virtualization performance.
For more information, visit this page.
The QXG-10G2T-107 uses the Aquantia AQtion AQC107S Ethernet controller that supports 10/5/2.5/1 Gbps and 100 Mbps network speeds. The RJ45 connector design also allows users to use existing cables. Transmission speeds can reach up to 5 Gbps when using CAT-5e cables, or up to 10 Gbps when using CAT 6 (or advanced versions) cables, unleashing the full potential of the QXG-10G2T-107.
Windows and Linux users can download drivers from NIC manufacturer Aquantia's website. Using the QXG-10G2T-107 in a QNAP NAS requires QTS 4.3.6 or later.
Additionally, QNAP is offering 15% discount on popular PCIe network cards featuring Mellanox ConnectX -4 Lx SmartNIC - the 25 GbE QXG-25G2SF-CX4 and 10 GbE QXG-10G2SF-CX4 network NICs. Both cards can be installed in a NAS or PC, and support iSER (iSCSI Extension for RDMA) to offload CPU workloads and optimize VMware virtualization performance.
For more information, visit this page.
17 Comments on QNAP Introduces QXG-10G2T-107, a Dual-port 5-Speed 10GBASE-T NIC
good with more options :)
It's hardly fair to compare new to second hand products in terms of cost either.
I have reached a max of 6gbps with copper cables so far.
Not sure whats the problem, but somehow it is very hungry for CPU, taking 100% of a single core.
Should have been standard in gaming years ago and come down to humane prices by now.
Gigabyte among others tried to do a push and release motherboards with 10Gbit but failed when Intel inflated prices for their chipsets when there was no competition from AMD.
Seamed Intel was not interested in consumer 10Gbit to lower their profit, probably because they wanted to milk the ultra cheap 1Gbit standards to the end of days.
Hope that time is over now and we swiftly make a shift over to at least 10Gbit as a new home standard.
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DAC cables and even optics and fiber isn't expensive. Its been like his for a few years. Consumers, just arent ready yet. If it doesn't say nighthawk or linksys and come with a pretty apple-esque GUI it isn't fast or its scary.
I have a 10Gbps card in this PC and one in my NAS, so I can quickly copy files between the two.
I only have a 200Mbps internet connection.
Referencing network transmission, the problem isn't the cost of the cards, but the switches.
As in, something in the $200-300 range, rather than $400-500.
My windows system has 9900k, my "server" has ryzen 3600. When i had win10pro on my ryzen system, speeds were up to 6gbps. Sending from 9900k system yelds higher speed.
When i have installed ESXi 6.7 into my ryzen system (default vmware builtin drivers) and uploaded the iso files, it only reached 1.2gbps speed.
The source and the destination were MVMe drives.
Some people say it may not reach max speed because of copper.
Fiber will cost me additional 85 eur. I might try that at some point.
But it is strange that it requires so much cpu. I mean rack servers use Xeons, they are much weaker than desktop cpus and they have no problems with 10gbps speeds.
So yes, i do have a driver/configuration problem, but i have yet to find the right combo.