Well supported, reliable NICs for Redhat Linux/Fedora?

[Robert L Cochran]

I agree with Jesse. That big picture is what most of us need to think 
about.

Bob

Jesse Keating wrote:

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> On Sunday 16 November 2003 10:16, marcos colome wrote:
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>>We are here in order to give our opinions not for
>>intelectuals arguments. If you want to use a 250Gig
>>that is okay with me, if you want to spend the money
>>on a dual Xeon that is okay. I have the same enjoyment
>>and I do the same job with 20Gig or 250 Gig, with
>>single processor or Dual Processors., I have tried and
>>I own all those things that you are referring to, but
>>I love simplicity and that is my own personal opinion,
>>I am still driving a 1965 Chevy and my cousin got
>>killed on a 2003 Porsche
> 
> 
> I just don't think you're seeing the big picture.  How are you going to 
> service a large companies /home file server with a 20gig drive?  20gigs 
> gets used up pretty quickly.
> 
> A really good idea to keep in mind is that "What works for me doesn't 
> necessarily work for everybody else." and "What I need isn't necessarily 
> what everybody else needs.".  Try to keep the big picture in mind.
> 
> There are things that the Intel cards can do that most the others cant, 
> channel bonding, vlan stuff, thats what gives it a higher price.  gigE is 
> also very important for a lot of situations.  If our installation network 
> wasn't gigE, network installs would take FAR too long.  The fact that it 
> _is_ gigE, and the majority of the systems we install have gigE 
> capabilities, a lot of time is saved, and time == $$.
> 
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