[CentOS] Ethernet Quad

Drew drew.kay at gmail.com
Thu Aug 12 17:35:39 UTC 2010


>>> 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?
> If you should use them in a PCI slot yes, not if you use them in a PCI-X
> or PCI-e slot (although you could saturate a PCI-e x1 with 4 gbit ports I
> think).

Not with the Intel Pro 1000's. The PCIe versions require a x4 slot in
the dual or quad configuration. Can't speak to the PCI-X version as I
don't have any in my inventory.


-- 
Drew

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