Right now my home server is a HPE ProLiant ML110 Gen10, and the onboard Broadcom NICs aren't working for my use case (I'm on FreeBSD and FBSD's Broadcom driver sucks). I am considering getting a 10G NIC.
On eBay, open box Mellanox NICs are going for $50-60 whereas new NBASE-T-capable Aquantia AQtion NICs are $80-100, so why not save the extra money for a server-grade NIC?
However, I am asking if a NBASE-T-capable SFP would work on the Mellanox SFP+ cards made pre-NBASE-T standardization. Would they?
Currently, my LAN operates at a Gigabit and I'm not upgrading in the short term. However, if I'm looking at a new NIC anyways why not prepare for a 2.5/5/10 Gigabit LAN in the long term instead of just staying with Gigabit?
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