On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Philip Gaw <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pgaw@darktech.org.uk" target="_blank">pgaw@darktech.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>On 28/11/2012 20:08, Mark Deneen wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">I'd just like to note that we've had some trouble with
certain NICs in which the adapter resets itself. In this
situation, funny things can happen with DRBD depending on how you
are set up. A switch in the middle keeps the link active on both
nodes and can be used to prevent such a situation.
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Have seen this myself on some HP kit (cant remember if it was
broadcom onboard or intel add-in pci-e cards that displayed the
issues though)<br>
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I make almost exclusive use of Intel ET2 quad gigabit cards in my
new SAN (+iSCSI) + network stack and they have proven to be stable,
fast and solid.<br>
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know of others using Intel I340-T2 with no issue :-)<br>
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Thanks<div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">I've had some trouble with Intel 82571EB</span> based NICs resetting in the past, but I'll take a look at the ET2 cards. Quad gigabit is a bit extreme for my setup, but I'll see what they have to offer.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-M</div></div></div>