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Seems to me to be a real need for this.
If you're pulling data off an NAS at 1 Gbps, that is lukewarm green disk speed.
But 10 Gbps is pushing **** uphill over old cables.
If 2.5GBASE-T hardware were readily available, I would start upgrading
my rigs.

Aquantia makes a couple of versions of the same chip.
One is intended more for 2.5G/5G, and one also includes 10G.

Aquantia AQC107 chipset $95.20

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16833320272

Uses a PCIe x4 interface.

Paul