Copper ports are cheaper than fibre ports so, in that light, it would make sense that you could get twice the copper ports for the same price. They should perform the same but the fibre ports probably have a longer distance although I'd have to check the formal specs to be sure.
Notice I said the CARDS should perform the same. There may be a case where a higher end model filer has more bus bandwidth so you that could be your bottleneck.
-- Adam Fox NGS Tools Developer adamfox@netapp.com
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Samplonius [mailto:tom@samplonius.org] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 5:33 PM To: Dave Rubright Cc: Scott Lowe; toasters@mathworks.com Subject: Re: GbE card for F840
Is there any different in performance between the different GigE cards?
I noticed that the dual port copper and the quad port copper GigE cards are nearly the same price on the used/refurb market. It seems a bit odd.
----- "Dave Rubright" dave@4basetech.com wrote:
You didn't specify which ONTAP version you plan to use so I'll list the NetApp supported cards for ONTAP GD release 7.0.6.
NetApp PN Description
X1027* GBE with copper X1027B-R5 GBE with copper X1037-R5 Dual GBE with copper
- indicates by RMA only but if you find a card, still works.
How you obtain the cards is up to you.
Dave Rubright Jr 4Base Technology, Inc
From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto: owner-toasters@mathworks.com ] On Behalf Of Scott Lowe Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:49 AM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: GbE card for F840
Good afternoon all,
I have an old F840 that has been donated for use in a test/development
lab at my office. I need an inexpensive Gigabit Ethernet adapter for this system. Does anyone have any suggestions on what cards are compatible with ONTAP and could be used in this system?
Best regards, Scott Lowe Senior Engineer ePlus Technology, Inc. slowe@eplus.com