18 Feb
2005
18 Feb
'05
20:16
Helge Preuss wrote:
General questions: Is it possible to improve the server's network performance by adding a second GBit ethernet card? I think a PCI card is bound by the PCI bus performance. Would a second card, if PCI, even enhance performance noticeably? If I upgrade to PCIe, or use a mainboard with onboard GBit ethernet, would that change anything?
A correctly designed mainboard connects the onboard nic directly to the chipset, so you would get better performance with a mainboard that supports 2 GBit nics onboard compared to 2 PCI nics. Sandy