On 10 Jul 2005 15:44:53 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gustavo A. Baratto) wrote:
>> What is "Very Fast" memory? ;) > >for example, between DDR533 and DDR800 RAM modules, get a DDR800 (or faster, >if they are out there) AFAIK no serious server board/chipset supports anything better then PC2100 DDR or 400Mhz DDR2 memory. > > Would not one 66MHz/64-bit bus which is not used by anything in >> system, but ethernet cards be sufficient? In theory 66MHz/64-bit PCI >> bus should be well enough even for wirespeed GigE > >it really depends on the amount of rules and amount of packets per second, >but having one dedicated PCI controller per NIC is gonna be better than >sharing one controller between 2 NICs. > >> What about Intel Pro/100 S Server Dual Port 64bit/66Mhz adapters >> (fxp)? > >Like Henning said earlier in this thread: "there is really no reason to buy >100MBit/s cards at all any more". Go for gigabit. Definetely. We will probably go for single xeon 2.8Ghz Dell 2850 with dual 4-port Intel pro 1000/MT PCI-X cards. ------------------------------------------------- When replying via E-Mail, please remove duplicate "@" from the address. -------------------------------------------------
