[NTLUG:Discuss] PCIE Network Card Recommendation

[Preston Hagar]

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:57 AM, David Simmons <dave at dgnal.net> wrote:
>
>
>> Thanks for the reply.  I just ordered a couple of these Intel Pro
> 1000
>> cards:
>>
> http://www.provantage.com/intel-expi9300pt~7ITEN08T.htm
>
> Preston
> - the card you're linking to is the EXPI9300.....I'm wondering why you
> didn't go with the EXPI9400?  While the price is almost double, the
> 9400 seems to support 'increased performance on multi-processor systems by
> efficiently balancing network loads across CPU cores when used with
> Scalable I/O on Linux'.
>
> Seems like if you're really trying to
> 'push the max' performance, you have multi-core CPU's on the server, and
> you've got the extra cash.....why would you NOT go with this one?
>
>  -dave
>

I completely missed those.  I guess I was still a little frazzled from
the outage we had (due to the D-Link cards) and was in a hurry to get
something better.  I will order some of the EXPI9400 cards for our
main productions server and use the EXPI9300 for our backup/ancillary
servers.

Thanks!

Preston