Re: Ethernet Quad

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On 08/12/2010 06:06 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Jerry Franz<jfranz@xxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>    
>> On 08/12/2010 05:56 AM, Daniel Bruno wrote:
>>      
>>> Someone can indicate some Ethernet device Quad 10/100 to use with CentOS 5.x
>> I don't know about 10/100. For 10/100/1000 I use Intel quad port boards.
>> They work fine.
>>      
>
>
> Sorry to hijack this thread, but it could be relevant.
> As matter of interest, do these cards offer lower throughput than 4x
> single 1GB cards?
>
>    

Depends mostly on if you are using PCI/PCI-X vs PCI-express. At high bit 
rates you can saturate the old PCI bus. A single gigabit port can pretty 
much saturate a 32-bit PCI bus at 33MHz.

PCI-express can go a lot faster.

-- 
Benjamin Franz
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