From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 24 11:29:04 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E056716A41C for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:29:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A411E43D49 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:29:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5OBSrix015711; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 06:28:57 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <42BBEE70.1050503@centtech.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 06:28:48 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050603 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steven Hartland References: <000f01c577dd$0b82dad0$fef929d9@multiplay.co.uk> <03bf01c57844$811874a0$fef929d9@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <03bf01c57844$811874a0$fef929d9@multiplay.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.82/955/Thu Jun 23 16:08:42 2005 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Sten Spans , freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fibre Gig card recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:29:05 -0000 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. You'll pay a little more for them, but there is a reason for it. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of time never. ------------------------------------------------------------------------