Another thing different is Jumbo Frame support on server NICs. Often times the desktop variety only support 1500 MTU frames. Bret. On Saturday 11 October 2008 13:59:25 Marc Skinner wrote: > most of the time server cards will offer tcp function offloading - for > reduced CPU load. that doesn't necessarily make the server card faster > than the desktop card, it just makes the CPU work less under heavy load > - since the desktop card has to rely on the CPU to do most of the TCP > stuff, like checksumming, etc. also, if PXE boot is important, make > sure the card has that, i don't recall if that is a server only feature > or if it is typically on both types of cards. > > Donovan wrote: > > I'm upgrading a network to gigabit and most of our servers already > > have gigabit NICs but a few will need an upgrade. In looking at cards > > I see some billing themselves as "desktop" and "server" cards. The > > only big differences I see are price and remote management features. > > If I don't require the extra remote management features is there > > anything else I'm missing if I go with the desktop card? > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Bret Baptist Senior Network Administrator bbaptist at iexposure.com Internet Exposure, Inc. http://www.iexposure.com (612)676-1946 x17 Providing Internet Services since 1995 Web Development ~ Search Engine Marketing ~ Web Analytics Network Security ~ On Demand Tech Support ~ E-Mail Marketing