Re: Fibre Gig card recommendations?

2005-06-25 Thread Achim Patzner
From: "Arkadi Shishlov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Whats about performance and stability with MTU > 1500? I tried increasing MTU on my Intel-made servers to speed-up NFS, but both 5.3 em and 2.x Intel provided drivers get stuck after some time with interface in OACTIVE state. The same happened to us

Re: Fibre Gig card recommendations?

2005-06-24 Thread Thomas Hurst
* Arkadi Shishlov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I use the em cards (Intel Pro 1000/MT's and the like) in many > > machines here, and they are rock solid. You'll pay a little more > > for them, but there is a reason for it. > > Whats about performance and stability with MTU > 1500? I tried > incr

Re: Fibre Gig card recommendations?

2005-06-24 Thread Arkadi Shishlov
On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 06:28:48AM -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: > Steven Hartland wrote: > >Yer know about the list but was looking for real usage experiences > >as I've tried supported cards before e.g. netgear and it just panics the > >machine with just ping :( > > I use the em cards (Intel Pro 1

Re: Fibre Gig card recommendations?

2005-06-24 Thread Steven Hartland
Thanks for that. Steve / K - Original Message - From: "Eric Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I use the em cards (Intel Pro 1000/MT's and the like) in many machines here, and they are rock solid. You'll pay a little more for them, but there is a reason for it. =

Re: Fibre Gig card recommendations?

2005-06-24 Thread Eric Anderson
Steven Hartland wrote: Yer know about the list but was looking for real usage experiences as I've tried supported cards before e.g. netgear and it just panics the machine with just ping :( I use the em cards (Intel Pro 1000/MT's and the like) in many machines here, and they are rock solid. Yo

Re: Fibre Gig card recommendations?

2005-06-23 Thread Sten Spans
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Steven Hartland wrote: Yer know about the list but was looking for real usage experiences as I've tried supported cards before e.g. netgear and it just panics the machine with just ping :( Get an Intal gigabit card. That's my advice. -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in ev

Re: Fibre Gig card recommendations?

2005-06-23 Thread Steven Hartland
Steven Hartland wrote: Can anyone give me a Fibre Gig card recommendations PCI-X based that they have used in FreeBSD 5.4 machines preferably? Intel pro/1000 cards using the em(4) driver are most common, these would be the safest bet. There might be better choices out there, but these wouldn

Re: Fibre Gig card recommendations?

2005-06-23 Thread Sten Spans
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Steven Hartland wrote: Can anyone give me a Fibre Gig card recommendations PCI-X based that they have used in FreeBSD 5.4 machines preferably? Intel pro/1000 cards using the em(4) driver are most common, these would be the safest bet. There might be better choices out

Fibre Gig card recommendations?

2005-06-23 Thread Steven Hartland
Can anyone give me a Fibre Gig card recommendations PCI-X based that they have used in FreeBSD 5.4 machines preferably? Steve This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed