Gigabit cards

I'm looking for recommendations for the best price versus
quality
gigabit ethernet cards. Particularly interested in stability
as they
will be used in a production mail server and production web
server.

Wendall

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Wendall Cada wrote:
> I'm looking for recommendations for the best price
versus quality
> gigabit ethernet cards. Particularly interested in
stability as they
> will be used in a production mail server and production
web server.
> 
> Wendall
> 

Broadcom or Intel... not that there are really any other
choices. Used 
both, never had a problem with either. Some cheap Broadcom
cards can't 
do jumbo frames which you're very unlikely to use. That's
pretty much it.

kashani
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Alot of our servers use (built in) Broadcom's, never had any
problems.

Used some very cheap D-Link DGE-528T as well, but not for
the
production side. Worked fairly well however if you need a
stop-gap.

Regards,

Joe Hancock.

On 10/04/07, kashani <kashani-listbadapple.net> wrote:
> Wendall Cada wrote:
> > I'm looking for recommendations for the best price
versus quality
> > gigabit ethernet cards. Particularly interested in
stability as they
> > will be used in a production mail server and
production web server.
> >
> > Wendall
> >
>
> Broadcom or Intel... not that there are really any
other choices. Used
> both, never had a problem with either. Some cheap
Broadcom cards can't
> do jumbo frames which you're very unlikely to use.
That's pretty much it.
>
> kashani
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Wendall Cada schrieb:
> I'm looking for recommendations for the best price
versus quality
> gigabit ethernet cards. Particularly interested in
stability as they
> will be used in a production mail server and production
web server.
>
> Wendall
>
>   
Definitely Intel.
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Norman Rieß wrote:
> Wendall Cada schrieb:
>> I'm looking for recommendations for the best price
versus quality
>> gigabit ethernet cards. Particularly interested in
stability as they
>> will be used in a production mail server and
production web server.
>>
>> Wendall
>>
>>   
> Definitely Intel.

I would second (third? fourth?) that recommendation.
I'm a sysadmin at a really big Internet company, and
have dealt with lots of cards.  Intels are consistently
the least likely to cause headaches.
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On 4/11/07, Mark Rudholm <rudholmhyperreal.org> wrote:
> Norman Rieß wrote:
> > Wendall Cada schrieb:
> >> I'm looking for recommendations for the best
price versus quality
> >> gigabit ethernet cards. Particularly
interested in stability as they
> >> will be used in a production mail server and
production web server.
> >>
> >> Wendall
> >>
> >>
> > Definitely Intel.
>
> I would second (third? fourth?) that recommendation.
> I'm a sysadmin at a really big Internet company, and
> have dealt with lots of cards.  Intels are
consistently
> the least likely to cause headaches.
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>

Just want to second this. The e1000 driver is pretty solid,
and very
stable. I've never really had an issue with it.
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