[Gllug] Gigabit PCI card for IBM xSeries 340

[Rich Walker]

"Martin A. Brooks" <martin at hinterlands.org> writes:

> N.Pauli wrote:
>> We want to put a gigabit pci ethernet card into a second hand IBM xSeries 340 we've bought. Being conscientious bargees, we rang IBM to be told that they could sell us a card for £350-ish!!
>
> It depends what you're doing. The wrong card can cripple a server.  Are you likely to be maxing the
> card out?  Can the switch it's connected too saturate the link?

Very cheap gigabit card - <£10.
Cheap "server" gigabit card - £40-£50.

However, if the 340 has 64-bit 66MHz PCI slots, then it should be well
worth finding a card that utilises them...

cheers, Rich.

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