Michael Hipp wrote: > > You're exactly correct. I do backups on my home lan here and it takes a > goodly time to move 1-2G even at 100Mbps. That said, my question regards a > server I'm building for a small business client and the fact that 3Com > costs 3x LinkSys ($15 vs $45US) doesn't matter much. > > 99% of the network gear I buy is LinkSys. The stuff just works and cheap > too. > > When is it worthwhile to put 2 NICs in a server? I hadn't considered that > for this (small) server.
I use dual NICS in servers for work. This is because often times I need to do large data transfers during the day, the NIC that the internal network clients use can continue to serve clients at full speed and the other NIC is used for all internet (in/out)bound traffic for the server. Or, if the machine may ever serve as a router, two nics is the best way to go. BTW, my bet, for a business server would be 1 choice : 3com 2nd choice Intel. Compared to cost of the rest of the machine, a good nic with a lifetime warranty comes in pretty cheap. That whole penny wise, pound foolish adage applies well here. -- Linux SxS [http://sxs.homeip.net/] _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
