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The purpose of the second network card is for redundancy - if the first card fails and this server is hosting a website that has to be up all the time (or at least during business hours), the server can be configured to switch to the second card with little downtime.
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The purpose of the second network card is for redundancy - if the first card fails and this server is hosting a website that has to be up all the time (or at least during business hours), the server can be configured to switch to the second card with little downtime.

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If you are using 2 servers then you will need a swtich that converts your 1 network in cable into many other ports to use that 1 connection, theres loads about search google/ebay for them.<br />
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Using 2 cards is good, but Ive never had a network card go down before.
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If you are using 2 servers then you will need a swtich that converts your 1 network in cable into many other ports to use that 1 connection, theres loads about search google/ebay for them.

Using 2 cards is good, but Ive never had a network card go down before.

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I bought my first server , It came with 2 Gigabit network card. <br />
I was wondering , is there any significance of having 2 network card in the servers? <br />
I am trying to set up 2 &nbsp;webserver ( in 2 diffrent server machine) <br />

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I bought my first server , It came with 2 Gigabit network card. 
I was wondering , is there any significance of having 2 network card in the servers? 
I am trying to set up 2  webserver ( in 2 diffrent server machine) 


Network Card in Servers

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.

Networking Hardware-Other

Hardware includes cell phones and other digital living devices, tablets, computers, servers, peripherals and components, printers and scanners, gaming consoles, networking hardware such as routers, hubs, switches and modems, storage devices and security equipment such as firewalls and other appliances.