optiman Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I'm looking for the latest and greatest dual port nic for my unraid server, to be used with 2 1gig links in bonding mode. I'm replacing a old Intel dual server nic that has issues. After reviewing the LT hardware compatibility list, I'm no closer to making a selection. That list is out dated big time and has none of the latest nics on it. Some options I found on newegg are: -Intel E1G42ET -Intel E1G42ETBLK -Intel EXPI9402PT -Intel EXPI9402PTBLK -Supermicro AOC-SG-i2 -StarTech ST2000SPEXI -Rosewill RNG-407-Dualv2 I searched for some of these models in the forums but didn't really find much - perhaps means not too many issues with nics and unraid. I just want to be sure bonding will work. I'm looking for "Works right out of the box", with no scripts or work-arounds and it needs to work with unraid 6.3.x Quote Link to comment
optiman Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 So did I post this in the wrong section, or is running dual nics / bonding not used by very many people? Quote Link to comment
HellDiverUK Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I'm using an i350-T2. It's an elcheapo chinese Intel clone, and works great. You'll need an x4 slot. This is similar: http://www.ebay.com/itm/INTEL-I350-T2-Dual-Port-Gigabit-1000M-PCI-E-Network-Server-Adapter-I350-AM2-/142319731685 I also added a stick-on RAM heatsink to the controller chip, as it was running at about 80C in my very low airflow case. Probably fine, but I have heaps of those little heatsinks and only takes a second to stick one on. Quote Link to comment
bonienl Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 5 hours ago, HellDiverUK said: I'm using an i350-T2. It's an elcheapo chinese Intel clone, and works great. I bought the "real" thing at the time and paid a small fortune. Any gotchas with this chinese clone? Quote Link to comment
HellDiverUK Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 1 hour ago, bonienl said: I bought the "real" thing at the time and paid a small fortune. Any gotchas with this chinese clone? As far as I can tell, the only difference is the lack of Intel logo, and the black choke things are no-name items where real Intel cards would use Delta or similar. Oh, and it's only two port rather than 4 port as per most i350 cards. They work exactly as expected, using the normal Intel drivers. But, considering the price I think they're worth it. If it dies, it's cheap to replace. Quote Link to comment
art-informa.pl Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) This one cheap'o is pretty awesome and works well under unRaid. A real bargain on ebay 4x1GBit for next to nothing: Dell INTEL Pro/1000 VT 4-Port Network PCI-e Adapter NIC TY674 Simple question What is the use for bonding on unRaid server (except of failover prvention), when the maximum transfer speed is limited to one drive speed ? (unless you use mainly read data from ssd cache?) Edited May 23, 2017 by art-informa.pl Quote Link to comment
1812 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I have one of the dell intel pro 1000's in one of my servers passed through to pfSense. Seems to work without issue. Quote Link to comment
optiman Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 On 5/22/2017 at 1:28 AM, HellDiverUK said: I'm using an i350-T2. It's an elcheapo chinese Intel clone, and works great. You'll need an x4 slot. This is similar: http://www.ebay.com/itm/INTEL-I350-T2-Dual-Port-Gigabit-1000M-PCI-E-Network-Server-Adapter-I350-AM2-/142319731685 I also added a stick-on RAM heatsink to the controller chip, as it was running at about 80C in my very low airflow case. Probably fine, but I have heaps of those little heatsinks and only takes a second to stick one on. Cool, thank you! Quote Link to comment
NotYetRated Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 6 hours ago, art-informa.pl said: This one cheap'o is pretty awesome and works well under unRaid. A real bargain on ebay 4x1GBit for next to nothing: Dell INTEL Pro/1000 VT 4-Port Network PCI-e Adapter NIC TY674 Simple question What is the use for bonding on unRaid server (except of failover prvention), when the maximum transfer speed is limited to one drive speed ? (unless you use mainly read data from ssd cache?) Why do you say max speed is limited to 1 drive read speed? My Plex server has TV/movies stored amongst ~7 different drives. At any one time, I may have 5-6 streams reading from multiple of the drives. Add to it my VM's running on "unassigned devices" SSD's, Sabnzbd, security cameras feeding to a VM and then sending back out to my viewing panels/devices, and of course my steam library stored on cache SSD being served up to a few gaming PC's. 1gig can get saturated quickly at times. 1 Quote Link to comment
art-informa.pl Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 3 hours ago, NotYetRated said: Why do you say max speed is limited to 1 drive read speed? My Plex server has TV/movies stored amongst ~7 different drives. At any one time, I may have 5-6 streams reading from multiple of the drives. Add to it my VM's running on "unassigned devices" SSD's, Sabnzbd, security cameras feeding to a VM and then sending back out to my viewing panels/devices, and of course my steam library stored on cache SSD being served up to a few gaming PC's. 1gig can get saturated quickly at times. Hi, you totally right. Did not though about streaming from multiple HDD's. Thank you for this Quote Link to comment
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