Hello List, I am looking for a GBit network adapter which is well-supported under SUSE 10.0 for our (small) server. We will have 3 of these adapters in the server, so the CPU load generated by the driver should not be too high. Intel adapaters seem to have some serious problems (sometimes locking the whole system for several milliseconds, so three of them are simply out of discussion) and the cheaper adapter types (8169 etc.) pose a high CPU load. What type of network adapter would you recommend? Bye, Jürgen -- BR Technologies GmbH & Co.KG Im Bahlbrink 11-13, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany Tel : +49-5131-4404-20 - Fax: +49-5131-4404-56 email: mell@br-tech.de - internet: www.br-tech.de
I am looking for a GBit network adapter which is well-supported under SUSE 10.0 for our (small) server. Intel server cards would be my first choice. The other I have experience with (doesn't blow my hair back but I can't complain about
On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 09:07 +0200, Juergen Mell wrote: them either) are the Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5701 cards. Be advised that both are PCI-x cards, and neither of them perform that much better than a decent 100mbit card if you put it in an ordinary PCI slot. The broadcom cards also come in a 3com branded card.
We will have 3 of these adapters in the server, so the CPU load generated by the driver should not be too high. That's what the above mentioned cards are for. That's also why they cost six times as much as other gigabit cards.
Intel adapaters seem to have some serious problems (sometimes locking the whole system for several milliseconds, so three of them are simply out of discussion) I wasn't a ware of this. I have several machines with Intel gigabit cards in. One of them is a file server for a large engineering firm - it has four Intel gigabit cards on, and the type of usage is such that both the 5x 15000rpm scsi raid-5 set is running at full speed most of the time. If there is any delay from the network cards, it's not enough for any one to notice.
Hans
We will have 3 of these adapters in the server, so the CPU load generated by the driver should not be too high. That's what the above mentioned cards are for. That's also why they cost six times as much as other gigabit cards.
I am using the above that card with no problem in two of my linux servers here. I do not see or have a problem wiith the load, granted that I have only 30 or so workstation/ printers on my network. I could not afford to put in the higher priced ones at the time that I needed the GBit speeds. All but 5 of my works stations are running at 100 speed on the network at the moment tooo. Mostly wanted the GBit speed for the backbone an from my workstation to servers to speed up file transfers , backup times ect. But I have not notice any problems with using them. jack
On Wed, 03 May 2006 19:16:37 +0200, you wrote:
I am looking for a GBit network adapter which is well-supported under SUSE 10.0 for our (small) server. Intel server cards would be my first choice. The other I have experience with (doesn't blow my hair back but I can't complain about
On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 09:07 +0200, Juergen Mell wrote: them either) are the Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5701 cards. Be advised that both are PCI-x cards, and neither of them perform that much better than a decent 100mbit card if you put it in an ordinary PCI slot. The broadcom cards also come in a 3com branded card.
We will have 3 of these adapters in the server, so the CPU load generated by the driver should not be too high. That's what the above mentioned cards are for. That's also why they cost six times as much as other gigabit cards.
Intel adapaters seem to have some serious problems (sometimes locking the whole system for several milliseconds, so three of them are simply out of discussion) I wasn't a ware of this. I have several machines with Intel gigabit cards in. One of them is a file server for a large engineering firm - it has four Intel gigabit cards on, and the type of usage is such that both the 5x 15000rpm scsi raid-5 set is running at full speed most of the time. If there is any delay from the network cards, it's not enough for any one to notice.
Hans
I have a much MUCH smaller setup, but with a pair of intel 1000/T cards in the server I can stream video on both lines with no glitches, with a bit of capacity left (I can't run a backup, but I can do normal app data file accesses). I couldn't manage that with one intel card and one broadcom. Mike- -- If you're not confused, you're not trying hard enough. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments,
On Friday 05 May 2006 12:42, Michael W Cocke wrote:
On Wed, 03 May 2006 19:16:37 +0200, you wrote:
On Wed, 2006-05-03 at 09:07 +0200, Juergen Mell wrote:
I am looking for a GBit network adapter which is well-supported under SUSE 10.0 for our (small) server.
Intel server cards would be my first choice. The other I have experience with (doesn't blow my hair back but I can't complain about them either) are the Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5701 cards. Be advised that both are PCI-x cards, and neither of them perform that much better than a decent 100mbit card if you put it in an ordinary PCI slot. The broadcom cards also come in a 3com branded card.
We will have 3 of these adapters in the server, so the CPU load generated by the driver should not be too high.
That's what the above mentioned cards are for. That's also why they cost six times as much as other gigabit cards.
Intel adapaters seem to have some serious problems (sometimes locking the whole system for several milliseconds, so three of them are simply out of discussion)
I wasn't a ware of this. I have several machines with Intel gigabit cards in. One of them is a file server for a large engineering firm - it has four Intel gigabit cards on, and the type of usage is such that both the 5x 15000rpm scsi raid-5 set is running at full speed most of the time. If there is any delay from the network cards, it's not enough for any one to notice.
Hans
I have a much MUCH smaller setup, but with a pair of intel 1000/T cards in the server I can stream video on both lines with no glitches, with a bit of capacity left (I can't run a backup, but I can do normal app data file accesses). I couldn't manage that with one intel card and one broadcom.
Mike-
Hello Hans, Jack and Mike, thanks for your replies. If three out of three are satisfied with the Intel cards, I will give them a try. On the other hand, there does not seem to be any other product on the market (3COM will stop selling their 3C996 and 3C2000 in June) which is supported by Linux. Thanks, Jürgen -- BR Technologies GmbH & Co.KG Im Bahlbrink 11-13, D-30827 Garbsen, Germany Tel : +49-5131-4404-20 - Fax: +49-5131-4404-56 email: mell@br-tech.de - internet: www.br-tech.de
On 5/5/06 9:37 AM, "Juergen Mell"
Hello Hans, Jack and Mike,
thanks for your replies. If three out of three are satisfied with the Intel cards, I will give them a try. On the other hand, there does not seem to be any other product on the market (3COM will stop selling their 3C996 and 3C2000 in June) which is supported by Linux.
Thanks, Jürgen
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At 05:07 PM 3/05/2006, Juergen Mell wrote:
Hello List,
I am looking for a GBit network adapter which is well-supported under SUSE 10.0 for our (small) server. We will have 3 of these adapters in the server, so the CPU load generated by the driver should not be too high. Intel adapaters seem to have some serious problems (sometimes locking the whole system for several milliseconds, so three of them are simply out of discussion) and the cheaper adapter types (8169 etc.) pose a high CPU load.
What type of network adapter would you recommend?
firstly, check and make a list of what chipsets are currently compatable with your (wish to use) SuSE Version I would then check what is available from the same manufacturer as your motherboard is. Then, contact them and ask about compatability and if they have someone you can contact directly for their assistance in configuration and setup. It means if you have problems, especially those that may be of an incompatability nature, they are usually "VERY much wanting to help you solve them" as my Indian workmate friend says. It is a feather in their cap and an extra advertising and selling point for them if they can say that "this has already been tested and proven to work". regards scsijon
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