Hi all of Reddit,
I need your time and advice.
We have small graphics design business, which we want to upgrade to 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
This is because the bottleneck is the internal network speed.
We have 3 computers that we want to upgrade to 10 Gigabit Ethernet.
1x The Server, has a 4 TB SSD, HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10
2x Workstations, has 512 GB SSD
The workstations save and load Photoshop and InDesign files from the server.
Sometimes these are 10 or 20 GB.
I need, I think:
3 Network cards 10 Gigabit Ethernet
1 Switch with 3 GE ports that is located in the closet / server room
1 Switch with 3 GE ports that is located between the workstations
Can I use any 10 GE card? Or do I need specific ones?
I contacted several network suppliers and they all are $ 4000 or more.
I have the feeling this is too high, or am I wrong?
The network cards that they offer are $ 400 each.
The Asus XG-C100C is only $ 120, or is this one a very bad one ..?
Can I use CAT6 between the switches, or does it need to be fiber?
I have a good network knowledge, but have never had a project with 10 GE.
Thank you in advance for your time.
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