[Gllug] Gigabit PCI card for IBM xSeries 340

Martin A. Brooks martin at hinterlands.org
Mon Mar 13 15:42:25 UTC 2006


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?

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