Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Philip Gaw <pgaw at darktech.org.uk> wrote: > On 28/11/2012 20:08, Mark Deneen wrote: > > 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. > > 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) > > 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. > > know of others using Intel I340-T2 with no issue :-) > > Thanks > > I've had some trouble with Intel 82571EB 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. -M -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.linbit.com/pipermail/drbd-user/attachments/20121128/95b75c10/attachment.htm>