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Let's see. I believe Dell switched to Broadcom NIC components, because |
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of reliability issues with the Intel components, but PCI-X cards are |
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different beasts, plus if one breaks you just swap the card (provided |
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you have all the kernel and userland in place to handle that) As to the |
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slightly separate issue of performance. I have seen several "Windows" |
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based performance comparisons between the two and Broadcom always came |
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out on top. But driver performance differences between Linux, BSDs, and |
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Windows vary pretty considerably. YMMV. |
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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Sancho2k.net Lists [mailto:lists@××××××××.net] |
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 10:34 AM |
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> To: gentoo-server@l.g.o |
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> Subject: [gentoo-server] NIC brands - best for firewall reliability? |
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> We've got a dell poweredge 1750 server that we want to use |
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> for a firewall. It has 2 onboard Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit |
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> Ethernet interfaces (e1000 driver) and a four port, Intel |
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> Pro/1000 card (82546EB Gigabit Ethernet) (tg3 driver). |
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> |
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> How would these two cards stack up against each other in |
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> terms of reliability, sustaining consistent thruput, and |
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> potential for errors? |
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> My belief is that the Intel card/driver is superior in these |
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> areas, and therefore I would choose to use these ports for |
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> high-throughput interfaces that I can't afford to have |
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> interface failure on. |
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> |
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> Am I up in the night on this? Can one card be considered |
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> better than the other? |
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> TIA |
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> |
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> DS |
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