Re: Hardware recommendation request

2008-09-29 Thread Johan Ström
On Sep 29, 2008, at 7:22 PM, bofh wrote: On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:28 PM, nuffnough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can anyone recommend a mobo that does? Or recommend dual port nics that I can use instead of my current intel nics? Intel dual and quad port nics work (though, there were so

Re: Hardware recommendation request

2008-09-29 Thread bofh
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:28 PM, nuffnough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a mobo that does? > > Or recommend dual port nics that I can use instead of my current intel > nics? > Intel dual and quad port nics work (though, there were some issues with the latest ones, having to d

Re: Hardware recommendation request

2008-09-29 Thread Leon Dippenaar
I have successfully used the below Nic's on 4.3 and 4.4 -current setups (especially the 4 port version) http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/index-nic.html They go well with the HP DL range in my experience. Example the HP DL385 will give you 4 PCI express lanes i.e 16 +2(onb

Re: Hardware recommendation request

2008-09-29 Thread Henning Brauer
* nuffnough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-29 19:06]: > I presently have a pair of Intel Servers with 6 pci NICs plus one on > board running as a clustered firewall. These are getting old, and I > want to replace them. Only thing is, I am finding it impossible to > find anyone who makes mobos wit

Re: Hardware recommendation request

2008-09-29 Thread jmc
--- nuffnough [Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 01:28:46PM +1000]: --- > Or recommend dual port nics that I can use instead of my current intel nics? http://www.intel.com/products/server/adapters/pro1000mt-dualport/pro1000mt-dualport-overview.htm

Hardware recommendation request

2008-09-29 Thread nuffnough
Hi, I read the thread that popped up a few months back, and the consensus was to buy a Dell or buy a switch and make VLANs, but neither of these options are suitable for my requirements. I presently have a pair of Intel Servers with 6 pci NICs plus one on board running as a clustered firewall.