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tweetiepooh · 23-06-2009, 13:52

I was reading some tests on Gb ethernet and they concluded that you are likely to be held back by disk speed (even RAID), cable and cards don't really help much, they are what they say and Cat5 is fine.

Article here
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gigabit-ethernet-bandwidth,2321.html#xtor=RSS-182

23-06-2009, 13:52	#6
tweetiepooh Virgin Media Employee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Winchester Services: Staff MyRates BB: VM XXL TV: VM XL Phone : VM XL Posts: 3,128	Re: Gigabit Network Cards I was reading some tests on Gb ethernet and they concluded that you are likely to be held back by disk speed (even RAID), cable and cards don't really help much, they are what they say and Cat5 is fine. Article here http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gigabit-ethernet-bandwidth,2321.html#xtor=RSS-182 __________________ I work for VMO2 but reply here in my own right. Any help or advice is made on a best-effort basis. No comments construe any obligation on VMO2 or its employees.