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What's a good 2.5Gbe NIC for TrueNAS and ESXI (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by LiquidLar@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Hello I'm getting into homelabs because I wana get into the IT field, I think this would be a really good way for me to learn stuff. My plan is to have an ESXI server a switch and a physical NAS. I would like to connect the NAS to the ESXI server and have the VM images stored on it. I'm sure other projects will involve the NAS but other than that it will just be file transfer and storage. So to the main question, I'm looking for a good 2.5Gbe NIC. I don't really intend to do any super intensive stuff with the VMs like no media stuff.

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[–] nVideuh@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

x550

[–] Premium_Shitposter@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Intel i226 or Intel X550

[–] flossraptor@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

A good 2.5gb NIC is a 10gb NIC. They negotiate whatever speed they can manage with the hardware and wiring they have. I got a dual port 10gb adapter on Amazon for like $80.

[–] WrongColorPaint@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I'm going to sound like a complete jerk. I'll probably get down-voted a ton too.

Skip the 2.5GbE. Don't waste your time.

[–] rxVegan@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

There are plenty of cheap switches with dual 10G SFP+ and 2.5G ports. Personally I'm using QNAP QSW-2104-2S such that workstation and main server are connected with SFP+ and couple other devices to 2.5 ports. Best of both worlds if you asked me. There are cheaper solutions too and ServeTheHome did good comparison on their youtube channel.

[–] Hatred_grows@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Intel X550-T2 supports both 2.5Gbe and Esxi