Thecus C10GTR 10GbE NIC

Announced last month, the C10GTR from Thecus Technology Corp. has been making waves online with almost one hundred pages being dedicated to the 10GbE card, according to Google News.

Described as “a network card par excellence“, the NIC has tempted numerous consumers into “the rising 10GbE tide“; but what exactly is it that makes the C10GTR such an attractive option, and can it do more than improve NAS transfer speeds?

Device Compatibility
TheC10GTR first arrived on the market bundled with the N7710-G and N8810U-G, making them the first Thecus NAS to come standard with 10GbE network speeds. Also, as a result of years of hardware experience and technological foresight, the card is further compatible with older Thecus products, such as the Top Tower Series (N6850, N8850, N10850) and enterprise rackmount line (N8900, N12000PRO, N16000PRO). Users seeking higher network performance and reliability are also able to aggregate 10GbE connections by installing two C10GTRs in the above models.

Fitting both x4 and x8-sized PCIe slots also ensures the cards versatility beyond NAS, with substitute systems ranging from home computers to server systems running Windows Storage Server 2012, WSS 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows 7, Linux 2.6, Linux 3.x, VMWare 5.x, or Hyper-V. This NIC doesn’t stop there with its flexibility, however, thanks to its backward compatibility with both 1GbE and 100MbE networks.

As a result of the explosion in mobile data and the widespread move to consolidation in the cloud, users and network engineers alike have looked for improved tools for scaling up network speed. The C10GTR offers a cost-effective answer with its easy implementation into existing systems and networks. Older devices can be given a new lease on life thanks to 10x faster transfer speeds that require only a negligible investment and initial downtime. Ambitious users can install a pair of NICs into motherboards with available PCIe slots, set up Link Aggregation, and enjoy improved redundancy and speeds of up to 20Gb/s.