Before people rush out and start implementing iANS, ALB or FEC, you should be aware that the resultant team virtual adapter does NOT have to have a simple ethx device name, and this will affect dhcpd, masq, and appletalk to name a few. I thought I'd try to get this running locally before moving it more into alpha territory.
Despite the speed benefits, personally, I'm more interested in fail-over and other reliability factors. With redundant power, redundant arrays of disks (RAID), and ECC memory most server parts are protected in one way or another. Dead ports, dead nics, and dim cleaners all contribute to messages of "I can't access my server" whether using Win2K, SME, RedHat, or Novell. Speed is also becoming an issue now with Adaptec 2400A IDE RAID becoming a very inexpensive way to speed up drive access. Many of my design client regularly deal with 50MB+ files, and three or four active designers will saturate a 100BaseT card and switch. The example I gave of Terminal Services is valid, as we support many offices with 20+ people, and the required bandwidth for those people can be extremely high. iANS also supports Multi-Vendor Teaming, meaning you can use one intel Server Adapter, and use other cheaper cards to fulfill demand. (this doesn't suggest you should use trashy NICs though) If SME end up with the extra features of reliability and scalability, why does Mitel "seem" so against it? Regards, Craig Foster 1) Some speed figures will follow once I'm off sick leave 2) People can read more about iANS at http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/1000/linux/ans.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: Darrell May [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 1:04 PM > To: e-smith-devinfo > Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Intel ANS (was RE: > e100-2.1.15-sme55.i386.rpm available) > > > > Charlie Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > So there is potential high-end performance benefit, but > only on really > > top-end hardware. > > Actually it is very affordable Charlie: > > Intel PRO/100 S Dual Server Adapter $295.00/CAD, $185.00/USD. > > For anyone following along this thread, I've now built what I > believe is the > complete rpm set covering the PRO/100 and PRO/1000 drivers and moved > everything here: > http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/contrib/Intel/ e100-2.1.15-sme55.i386.rpm e100-2.1.15.tar.gz e1000-4.3.15-sme55.i386.rpm e1000-4.3.15.tar.gz iANS-1.7.65-sme55.i386.rpm iANS-1.7.65.tar.gz inic-snmp-1.2.9-1.i386.rpm inic-snmp-1.2.9.tar.gz Regards, -- Darrell May DMC Netsourced.com http://netsourced.com http://myEZserver.com -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
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