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What is the best GB NIC that can be used with Windows Server 2003,<br />
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by best I mean, <br />
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I have been looking online to try to find some info, but oddly there isn't much that is easy to determine and I am not a hardware guy at all,<br />
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is it possible to get a GB NIC with cache? a large amount of cache?<br />
perhaps a 2 port card that supports teaming? I am using a HP procurve switch and this card is only going to be used to connect my servers to my SAN, so obviously I want as much speed as I can get :)<br />
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any suggestions on what the right way to go with this is?
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What is the best GB NIC that can be used with Windows Server 2003,

by best I mean, 

I have been looking online to try to find some info, but oddly there isn't much that is easy to determine and I am not a hardware guy at all,

is it possible to get a GB NIC with cache? a large amount of cache?
perhaps a 2 port card that supports teaming? I am using a HP procurve switch and this card is only going to be used to connect my servers to my SAN, so obviously I want as much speed as I can get :)

any suggestions on what the right way to go with this is?

GB NIC Question

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.