alt Hacker NewsI wonder how well a usb 10gbit ethernet adapter would work then
But I really apprecate your reply!
I'll definitely buy one for testing when they become available for reasonable prices <500EUR for 16gig memory
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volemo • today at 5:17 PM
Hmm, is it possible to skip the Ethernet adapters in a configuration of USBC-Eth-Eth-USBC and connect USBCs directly one to another?
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10 Gb/s Ethernet interfaces work fine on 10 Gb/s USB.
Both interfaces have almost the same raw bit rate (in both cases "10 Gb/s" is only an approximation, but the differences between the true bit rates and 10 Gb/s are negligible, unlike for "5 Gb/s" USB, where the data bit rate is only 4 Gb/s).
The USB protocol has a slightly higher overhead than the Ethernet protocol, so the throughput of an Ethernet 10 Gb/s interface attached on 10 Gb/s USB will be a little lower than that of a PCIe NIC, but the difference is negligible, of only a few percent.