Hey all,
I'm hoping get more of a technical minded discussion about this topic and not so much of a back and forth about Linux vs Windows or other platform choices. I am open to suggestions about the back end storage but would prefer not to see this turn into a battle so to speak 
At any rate I found a great post for info related to Widows Server 2012 using SMB 3 and RDMA with Mellanox products.
I found this link from the post particularly useful.
It shows three different 10/40GB RDMA solutions. The Connectx-2 and 3 are shown here in test setups, one of which is using Stoarge Spaces JBOD just as I will be doing.
I'm still unsure on how ConnectX-2 and 3 will play together when mixed. I've asked Supermicro if they have any plans to release an updated ConnectX-3 card for their blades and a newer SwitchX-2 switch and am waiting to hear back. I also asked these question to Mellanox support and they FWDed it internal sales and am waiting to hear back from them as well. I will post what I find out.
Just for kicks this forum follows someone using Supermicro Blades and the ConnectX-2 cards with a Solaris ZFS based SAN. The blades were also on Linux.
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=4b610d44185016e56c57c943de8023f7&t=1662769
Anyone ever mixed ConenctX-2 and 3 together?
Thanks!
