I came across Dave Hunt's Blog - http://davidhunt.ie/wp/?p=232, talking on using older generation of InfiniBand (10Gb) for the home. Think about your home entertainment system, Blu-ray streaming from a storage box to your PC and other usage models…
When it comes to Ethernet and 10Gbs, the price is in the sky, but you can get the same speed with InfiniBand for pennies. Dave built a system that passes over 700MB/sec throughput between his PCs at home for under $150! As Dave says, that’s like a full CD’s worth of data every second…
From Dave blog – “So, I now have an InfiniBand Fabric working at home, with over 7 gigabit throughput between PCs. The stuff of high-end datacenters in my back room. The main thing is that you don’t need a switch, so a PC to PC 10-gigabit link CAN be achieved for under $150! Here’s the breakdown: 2 x Mellanox MHEA28-XTC InfiniBand HCA’s @ $34.99 + shipping = $113 (from eBay), 1 x 3m Molex SFF-8470 InfiniBand cable include shipping = $29. Total: $142”.
Next will be for me to bring InfiniBand into my home…