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I am trying to setup SQL server 2008, &nbsp;the server in question has two 1GB network cards and I wanted to know if there would be any benefit in teaming these to increase the bandwidth. &nbsp;When I first mentioned it was suggested that our 3COM switches would not allow this because they would see two network cards with different MAC addresses but the same IP address which would cause an issue. &nbsp;Is this correct and is there a way to configure this correctly so it does not cause an issue.
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I am trying to setup SQL server 2008,  the server in question has two 1GB network cards and I wanted to know if there would be any benefit in teaming these to increase the bandwidth.  When I first mentioned it was suggested that our 3COM switches would not allow this because they would see two network cards with different MAC addresses but the same IP address which would cause an issue.  Is this correct and is there a way to configure this correctly so it does not cause an issue.

How to setup NIC Teaming to improve SQL server performance and redundancy

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.

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Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.