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Ronski

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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #30 on: November 15, 2020, 12:45:58 PM »

@vdsl I'll leave you to test things like that  ;)

Results of running Iperf3 are much better.

First set is via my 1Gbps switch and the hardwired Cat5e network cables.

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C:\Temp>iperf3 -c 192.168.0.10
Connecting to host 192.168.0.10, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.0.11 port 31478 connected to 192.168.0.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   112 MBytes   938 Mbits/sec
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   113 MBytes   949 Mbits/sec
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   112 MBytes   944 Mbits/sec
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   112 MBytes   943 Mbits/sec
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   112 MBytes   943 Mbits/sec
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   113 MBytes   947 Mbits/sec
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   109 MBytes   917 Mbits/sec
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   112 MBytes   941 Mbits/sec
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   110 MBytes   925 Mbits/sec
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   110 MBytes   923 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

Second set is via a patch cable between the two PC's

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C:\Temp>iperf3 -c 192.168.0.10
Connecting to host 192.168.0.10, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.0.11 port 22514 connected to 192.168.0.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec  1009 MBytes  8.47 Gbits/sec
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec  1008 MBytes  8.46 Gbits/sec
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec  1005 MBytes  8.43 Gbits/sec
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec  1014 MBytes  8.50 Gbits/sec
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec  1017 MBytes  8.53 Gbits/sec
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec  1017 MBytes  8.53 Gbits/sec
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec  1016 MBytes  8.53 Gbits/sec
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec  1010 MBytes  8.47 Gbits/sec
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec  1007 MBytes  8.45 Gbits/sec
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec  1020 MBytes  8.55 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  9.89 GBytes  8.49 Gbits/sec                  sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  9.89 GBytes  8.49 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

Last set is via a short patch cable to link the ports on the patch panel - so roughly 25 meters of cat5e

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C:\Temp>iperf3 -c 192.168.0.10
Connecting to host 192.168.0.10, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.0.11 port 32015 connected to 192.168.0.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   997 MBytes  8.36 Gbits/sec
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec  1010 MBytes  8.47 Gbits/sec
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec  1010 MBytes  8.47 Gbits/sec
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec  1000 MBytes  8.39 Gbits/sec
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec  1002 MBytes  8.41 Gbits/sec
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   981 MBytes  8.23 Gbits/sec
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   990 MBytes  8.30 Gbits/sec
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec  1003 MBytes  8.41 Gbits/sec
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec  1013 MBytes  8.49 Gbits/sec
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec  1010 MBytes  8.47 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  9.78 GBytes  8.40 Gbits/sec                  sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  9.78 GBytes  8.40 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

Overall a lot better than yesterdays basic test, but ultimately it will be read/write speeds of my server that will be the limiting factor.

Almost forgot, attached a screenshot of Task Manager showing 1159.4Mbps whilst running Iperf3 at 10Gbps but shouldn't it be MB/s ? Definitely something not right there, if I run Iperf3 across the 1Gbps network Task Manager reports just under 900Mbps  ???
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #31 on: November 15, 2020, 04:58:49 PM »

Nice, good to see that the TCP throughput is much closer to 10 Gbps! :)

Did you try iperf3 with additional streams (e.g. -P 2, -P 5)? Would be interesting to see if it can be pushed closer to the theoretical max or if you're hitting cable / card limits.

Not sure what's going on with Task Manager there, I'd agree it would seem to be showing the wrong unit.

@vdsl I'll leave you to test things like that  ;)

I'll report back when I manage to bag a couple of NICs for a decent price! :)
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #32 on: November 15, 2020, 06:35:12 PM »

Did you try iperf3 with additional streams (e.g. -P 2, -P 5)? Would be interesting to see if it can be pushed closer to the theoretical max or if you're hitting cable / card limits.

No I didn't, it's not something I'm familiar with so wasn't aware?


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I'll report back when I manage to bag a couple of NICs for a decent price! :)

Can you use SFP+ cards and DAC cables?
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #33 on: November 15, 2020, 06:41:52 PM »

I would have tested mine but I, umm, can't remember where I put it after taking it out of my desktop when I returned my motherboard.  :-[
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #34 on: November 15, 2020, 07:00:10 PM »

No I didn't, it's not something I'm familiar with so wasn't aware?

Fair enough, you can use "-P" or "--parallel" from the client, e.g.

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iperf3 -c <host or IP> -P 2

Note that it's case sensitive, and "-p" means something else entirely (sets the port number IIRC).

I'd try a couple of values, e.g. 2, 5, 10 and see what (if any) effect it has.

Can you use SFP+ cards and DAC cables?

Haven't been able to find an SFP+ option that comes close to the price of the Asus 10GBASE-T cards. It's still a possibility at this stage. Long term I'm planning to move the server into a different room, hoping to reuse my existing cat 6 cables. So I'd probably be looking at 10GBASE-T SFP+ modules anyway, which seem to be about £50 each and only advertise working over 30m of cat 6 (10GbE spec suggests 55m should be possible). I think 30m would be okay, but maybe cutting a little close for my longer runs (if just patching together at the panel).
« Last Edit: November 15, 2020, 07:14:02 PM by vdsl »
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #35 on: November 15, 2020, 07:11:43 PM »

Definitely try UDP mode, as I said earlier.
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #36 on: November 15, 2020, 07:16:10 PM »

For UDP mode, use:

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iperf3 -c <host or IP> -u -b 10G

(-u is UDP, -b is the bandwidth limit, which for UDP, defaults to 1 Mbps)
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #37 on: November 15, 2020, 08:56:37 PM »

Haven't been able to find an SFP+ option that comes close to the price of the Asus 10GBASE-T cards. It's still a possibility at this stage. Long term I'm planning to move the server into a different room, hoping to reuse my existing cat 6 cables. So I'd probably be looking at 10GBASE-T SFP+ modules anyway, which seem to be about £50 each and only advertise working over 30m of cat 6 (10GbE spec suggests 55m should be possible). I think 30m would be okay, but maybe cutting a little close for my longer runs (if just patching together at the panel).

If you don't mind going second hand then there a quite a few options for SFP+, I missed out on an Intel X520-SR1 for £40, which appears to be identical to an X520-DA1 because I wasn't sure if it would work with a DAC cable, but by all accounts it would. Though if you're going to be moving the server and already have CAT6 installed then that would be easier, luckily for me my server is right next to all my main networking gear. Apparently https://www.fs.com/uk/ is pretty good for cables and transceivers.

Thanks for the info on Iperf3, I'll give that a go later in the week when the other stuff has arrived.
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #38 on: November 18, 2020, 09:13:41 PM »

My switch turned up today, to all intents and purposes it looks brand new, it came with new cables, new pack of ears, new instructions, and proper foam packaging, just wasn't in a Netgear box.

Need to tidy up the cabling, I bought a splitter cable for the two switches, but can't unplug the other switch to change it over at the moment or I'll get complaints.




Some quick speed tests as requested:

This one is rather slow??

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C:\Temp>iperf3 -c 192.168.0.10 -u -b 10G
Connecting to host 192.168.0.10, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.0.11 port 63054 connected to 192.168.0.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Total Datagrams
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   158 MBytes  1.32 Gbits/sec  20201
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   161 MBytes  1.35 Gbits/sec  20604
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   161 MBytes  1.35 Gbits/sec  20623
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   164 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  21039
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   164 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  20987
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   165 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  21059
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   159 MBytes  1.33 Gbits/sec  20318
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   165 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  21107
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   164 MBytes  1.38 Gbits/sec  20996
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   162 MBytes  1.36 Gbits/sec  20716
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth       Jitter    Lost/Total Datagrams
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.58 GBytes  1.36 Gbits/sec  0.002 ms  0/207649 (0%)
[  4] Sent 207649 datagrams

iperf Done.

Oddly running through the switch and with CAT6A patch cables its a bit slower than before, mind you one of the PC's updated to Window 10 20H2 the other day.

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C:\Temp>iperf3 -c 192.168.0.10
Connecting to host 192.168.0.10, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.0.11 port 8979 connected to 192.168.0.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   949 MBytes  7.96 Gbits/sec
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   909 MBytes  7.62 Gbits/sec
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   872 MBytes  7.31 Gbits/sec
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   943 MBytes  7.91 Gbits/sec
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   940 MBytes  7.88 Gbits/sec
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   929 MBytes  7.79 Gbits/sec
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   904 MBytes  7.58 Gbits/sec
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   932 MBytes  7.82 Gbits/sec
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   900 MBytes  7.55 Gbits/sec
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   934 MBytes  7.84 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  9.00 GBytes  7.73 Gbits/sec                  sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  9.00 GBytes  7.73 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

Much closer to 10Gbps in parallel though, although the second time I ran it was 7.5Gbps

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C:\Temp>iperf3 -c 192.168.0.10 -P 2
Connecting to host 192.168.0.10, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.0.11 port 9120 connected to 192.168.0.10 port 5201
[  6] local 192.168.0.11 port 9121 connected to 192.168.0.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   562 MBytes  4.71 Gbits/sec
[  6]   0.00-1.00   sec   549 MBytes  4.60 Gbits/sec
[SUM]   0.00-1.00   sec  1.08 GBytes  9.32 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   563 MBytes  4.72 Gbits/sec
[  6]   1.00-2.00   sec   554 MBytes  4.65 Gbits/sec
[SUM]   1.00-2.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.36 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   560 MBytes  4.70 Gbits/sec
[  6]   2.00-3.00   sec   554 MBytes  4.65 Gbits/sec
[SUM]   2.00-3.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.35 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   600 MBytes  5.04 Gbits/sec
[  6]   3.00-4.00   sec   502 MBytes  4.21 Gbits/sec
[SUM]   3.00-4.00   sec  1.08 GBytes  9.25 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   634 MBytes  5.32 Gbits/sec
[  6]   4.00-5.00   sec   449 MBytes  3.77 Gbits/sec
[SUM]   4.00-5.00   sec  1.06 GBytes  9.09 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   536 MBytes  4.50 Gbits/sec
[  6]   5.00-6.00   sec   548 MBytes  4.60 Gbits/sec
[SUM]   5.00-6.00   sec  1.06 GBytes  9.10 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   522 MBytes  4.38 Gbits/sec
[  6]   6.00-7.00   sec   508 MBytes  4.26 Gbits/sec
[SUM]   6.00-7.00   sec  1.01 GBytes  8.64 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   590 MBytes  4.95 Gbits/sec
[  6]   7.00-8.00   sec   514 MBytes  4.31 Gbits/sec
[SUM]   7.00-8.00   sec  1.08 GBytes  9.26 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   555 MBytes  4.65 Gbits/sec
[  6]   8.00-9.00   sec   558 MBytes  4.68 Gbits/sec
[SUM]   8.00-9.00   sec  1.09 GBytes  9.34 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   564 MBytes  4.73 Gbits/sec
[  6]   9.00-10.00  sec   553 MBytes  4.64 Gbits/sec
[SUM]   9.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes  9.36 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  5.55 GBytes  4.77 Gbits/sec                  sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  5.55 GBytes  4.77 Gbits/sec                  receiver
[  6]   0.00-10.00  sec  5.16 GBytes  4.44 Gbits/sec                  sender
[  6]   0.00-10.00  sec  5.16 GBytes  4.44 Gbits/sec                  receiver
[SUM]   0.00-10.00  sec  10.7 GBytes  9.21 Gbits/sec                  sender
[SUM]   0.00-10.00  sec  10.7 GBytes  9.21 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

The PC with 20H2 version of Windows actually reports the network speed correctly.

Just waiting on the card for the server now, Royal Mail 2nd class seems to take for ever now :-(
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #39 on: November 18, 2020, 10:23:18 PM »

Is that an ONT, Ronski?

And a small NAS or Intel NUC or similar?

And I’m wondering what the brightly coloured thing on the left is.
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #40 on: November 18, 2020, 10:45:11 PM »

The brightly coloured thing is  a Dyson cordless vacuum. The black object bottom centre is my UPS, on the left end of the shelf is my pfSense router (a Qotom QOTOM-Q190G4-S02 Mini PC) , other end of the shelf is the Virgin SH3 and my server below, which has a quad satellite tuner for TV recording. I still have a redundant HG612 screwed to the wall, hopefully I'll never need that again.
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #41 on: November 20, 2020, 09:12:35 PM »

Finally received my SFP+ card today, it wasn't supposed to include any transceivers, I guess someone hadn't noticed the two that were plugged in to it. Both Intel units, a FTLX8571D3BCV-IT and a AFBR-703SDZ-IN2, I may just have to get a cable and see if they work.



and the card which is a Supermicro AOC-STGN-I2S Rev 1



Tomorrow I'll install it and see what happens.
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #42 on: November 21, 2020, 04:52:47 PM »

I installed the card this morning and it worked without installing any drivers, but Iperf3 reported only about 2Gbps transfer speeds.

Went through some fun and games trying to update the drivers, but got there in the end, but that didn't seem to make much difference, no idea why I'm not seeing the speeds I did the other day between the two PC's with the Asus cards either.

From the X99 system to the server I get:

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C:\Temp>iperf3 -c 192.168.0.20
Connecting to host 192.168.0.20, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.0.11 port 2154 connected to 192.168.0.20 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   319 MBytes  2.68 Gbits/sec
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   350 MBytes  2.93 Gbits/sec
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   362 MBytes  3.03 Gbits/sec
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   349 MBytes  2.93 Gbits/sec
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   378 MBytes  3.17 Gbits/sec
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   357 MBytes  2.99 Gbits/sec
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   360 MBytes  3.02 Gbits/sec
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   369 MBytes  3.09 Gbits/sec
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   377 MBytes  3.16 Gbits/sec
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   367 MBytes  3.08 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  3.50 GBytes  3.01 Gbits/sec                  sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  3.50 GBytes  3.01 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

The X570 pc to server achieves more

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C:\Temp>iperf3 -c 192.168.0.20
Connecting to host 192.168.0.20, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.0.10 port 61192 connected to 192.168.0.20 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   447 MBytes  3.75 Gbits/sec
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   562 MBytes  4.71 Gbits/sec
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   559 MBytes  4.69 Gbits/sec
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   569 MBytes  4.77 Gbits/sec
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   584 MBytes  4.90 Gbits/sec
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   582 MBytes  4.88 Gbits/sec
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   574 MBytes  4.82 Gbits/sec
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   559 MBytes  4.69 Gbits/sec
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   556 MBytes  4.66 Gbits/sec
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   576 MBytes  4.83 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  5.44 GBytes  4.67 Gbits/sec                  sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  5.44 GBytes  4.67 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

and X99 to X570 system

Code: [Select]
C:\Temp>iperf3 -c 192.168.0.10
Connecting to host 192.168.0.10, port 5201
[  4] local 192.168.0.11 port 33823 connected to 192.168.0.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   624 MBytes  5.23 Gbits/sec
[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   611 MBytes  5.13 Gbits/sec
[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec   657 MBytes  5.51 Gbits/sec
[  4]   3.00-4.00   sec   657 MBytes  5.52 Gbits/sec
[  4]   4.00-5.00   sec   648 MBytes  5.43 Gbits/sec
[  4]   5.00-6.00   sec   657 MBytes  5.51 Gbits/sec
[  4]   6.00-7.00   sec   657 MBytes  5.51 Gbits/sec
[  4]   7.00-8.00   sec   675 MBytes  5.67 Gbits/sec
[  4]   8.00-9.00   sec   668 MBytes  5.60 Gbits/sec
[  4]   9.00-10.00  sec   680 MBytes  5.70 Gbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  6.38 GBytes  5.48 Gbits/sec                  sender
[  4]   0.00-10.00  sec  6.38 GBytes  5.48 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

When I run Iperf3 in parallel it does perform better, but still not as high as it did the other day.
 
File transfers to/from the server do seem roughly 3 times faster though.
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #43 on: November 22, 2020, 11:14:36 AM »

I found this guide last night for updating the firmware on the Asus cards, I've updated one, but haven't done the other yet, I'll also install the Marvell drivers later. There is also some tips for improving the through put as well, which I'll give a try later.

https://www.rashedtalukder.com/updating-asus-xg-c100cs-aquantia-aqc107-firmware-and-drivers/

This thread also looks useful, lists some newer firmware and drivers https://www.overclock.net/threads/aquantia-10g-lan-firmware-update-aqc107-3-1-90.1735798/
« Last Edit: November 22, 2020, 11:28:04 AM by Ronski »
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Re: 10Gb on a "budget"
« Reply #44 on: November 22, 2020, 07:29:29 PM »

I don't recall having any issues once flow control was enabled, but maybe this firmware actually fixes the bug that caused me to need flow control in the first place?
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