On 08/12/2010 06:06 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Jerry Franz<jfranz at freerun.com> wrote: > >> On 08/12/2010 05:56 AM, Daniel Bruno wrote: >> >>> Someone can indicate some Ethernet device Quad 10/100 to use with CentOS 5.x >> I don't know about 10/100. For 10/100/1000 I use Intel quad port boards. >> They work fine. >> > > > 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? > > Depends mostly on if you are using PCI/PCI-X vs PCI-express. At high bit rates you can saturate the old PCI bus. A single gigabit port can pretty much saturate a 32-bit PCI bus at 33MHz. PCI-express can go a lot faster. -- Benjamin Franz