With increasing demands for greater data transfer speeds and more bandwidth over shared networks, and with specialized applications such as HD video editing using high-performance shared storage systems, The deployment of 10 Gigabit Ethernet networking has skyrocketed. This high-speed wired networking standard offers ten times the performance of Gigabit Ethernet, The most common wired network connection included with most computers today, and yet, most computers aren't equipped to get you connected. If you have a computer with a Thunderbolt port, Sonnet has a simple solution - the twin 10G. This Thunderbolt-certified for Mac and Windows, 10GBase-T adapter is a powerful and cost-effective way to add 10 GbE connectivity to your setup. The twin 10G is a striking example of form following function - this adapter's attractive and rugged aluminum housing is engineered to effectively dissipate heat. Together with a temperature-tuned, ultra-quiet fan to quietly cool the components inside, this design enables the twin 10G to be used comfortably in noise-sensitive environments. The twin 10G is easy to set up. To keep things simple, You configure its settings through the OS X network control panel or Windows device Manager. When you configure the device, you can also activate its advanced features: link aggregation of its two 10 GbE ports increases throughput beyond what a single connection can sustain; transparent failover between 10 GbE ports keeps your computer connected in case a single cable is disconnected or one of the ports fails, jumbo packet support can increase throughput and reduce CPU utilization; and wake-on-lan support enables remotely waking your computer when you need it, and not wasting energy when you don't.
T**R
Seriously, what was Apple thinking?!
Sadly, Apple seems to have utterly abandoned any serious attempt at support power users and the enterprise, relying instead on the false promise of Thunderbolt and third-party accessories to bridge the gap. Such is the case here, as Apple offers ZERO 10GbE support on any of their desktop products and, with the advent of their "Trashcan" simply ignores the enterprise and add-on cards to support Fibre Channel and Fiber Ethernet. This *might* be acceptable if the promise of Thunderbolt lived up to its billing.Alas... it does not.Enter the Sonnet. For the low, low price of $600 (plus SFP+ transceivers that are NOT included) you can plug this GIANT box into your Trashcan or iMac Thunderbolt port and have access to your 10GbE fiber network. That sounds all well and good, but it's not. Sadly, the Rube Goldberg method of connecting your PCI-less Macs exacts a steep penalty -- and not just in price and the ugly, kludgey Black Box of Death that eviscerates any hopes of the Trashcan becoming a hip, avant-garde, elegant solution. No, we're talking a huge performance hit! Where our blase Windows PCs get every last ounce of 10GbE goodness, this abomination manages to achieve a whopping 2.5-4Gb/s... and that on a good day. Practical speeds seldom eclipse 2Gb/s of actual transfer. We've spent hours on the phone with Sonnet support, who first attempted to accuse our network of being the problem. Since no other PC and our PCI-equipped Macs with genuine 10GbE cards seem to have no problem on the same subnet and switch we told them to "Go Fish." After some tweaking on our end we managed a modest bump up to the aforementioned 2.5-4Gb/s speeds, averaging 2Gb/s or less. Before that, we weren't even hitting 1GbE speeds.So, I'm not sure where to lay the lion's share of the blame here, but just know going in that this "pat your head while rubbing your belly" solution is sorely disappointing if you're hoping to take advantage of the performance your 10GbE network offers.
T**E
Unlike a previous poster I was able to get about ...
Unlike a previous poster I was able to get about 7Gbs out this unit; that is much faster than the previous 1Gbs connection, using Disk Speed Test I am able to average over 770MB/s write and 885MB/s read, that's about as fast as the built in SSD in my iMac Retina.
M**A
Buen producto
Buen producto, facil de instalar y trabaja de acuerdo a las especificaciones
P**R
10GIG with FIBERHAL SFP+
I get a full 10G out of this on Windows and Mac. The key is making sure you use the correct sfp+ module. This works perfectly with FiberHal for Cisco SFP-10G-SR, 10G SFP SR Module,MMF 10GBase-SR SFP Optic Transceiver,850nm, Reach 300m.
