On 10/15/07, ann kok annkok2001@yahoo.com wrote:

Hi all

I am looking for the ethernet card for linux. In the intel website 1/ I don't know what is the meaning of Scalable I/O on Linux.

2/ ls the big different between desktop and server card?

Thank you

http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro1000pt_quad_server_ada...

Load balancing on multiple CPUs Increases performance on multi-processor systems by efficiently balancing network loads across CPU cores when used with Receive-Side Scaling from Microsoft or Scalable I/O on Linux*

Ann,

Depends on what you are going to use your Linux box for, home box it's not that critical. On a large scale environment that network card would be more interesting since it can scale I/O interrupts in a way that require less work for the CPU in high traffic environments compared to a conventional network card etc. It is indeed a huge difference between desktop and server hardware as you will also notice on the price tag.. ;)

/ Nicolas