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Thanks. Just wanted a response if I was thinking right.<br />

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Thanks. Just wanted a response if I was thinking right.


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Hi!<br />
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I have two stacked switches and most of my servers are new HP Proliant's with intigrated dualport nic.. <br />
But I also have many old servers that also need two NIC for redundancy in case of failure...<br />
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And I just cant decide what to choose.. A dualport nic, takes only one slot, a tad cheaper OR should I choose two NIC that support teaming, the only advantage over two cards must be that one card can completely break down without loss. If a dualport NIC fails both ports are gone..<br />
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Im in to a dualport one, reason, there are still parts that can break down, motherboard, raid-cards etc.<br />
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Anyone with some wise and clever words?<br />
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Regards, Magnus Finbom<br />
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Hi!

I have two stacked switches and most of my servers are new HP Proliant's with intigrated dualport nic.. 
But I also have many old servers that also need two NIC for redundancy in case of failure...

And I just cant decide what to choose.. A dualport nic, takes only one slot, a tad cheaper OR should I choose two NIC that support teaming, the only advantage over two cards must be that one card can completely break down without loss. If a dualport NIC fails both ports are gone..

Im in to a dualport one, reason, there are still parts that can break down, motherboard, raid-cards etc.

Anyone with some wise and clever words?

Regards, Magnus Finbom



Dualport NIC vs two single port  NIC in a team.

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