Hardware

Hey everyone,

Just received a new Sun Fire X2250 Intel Quad-Core - what a great server so far! - running ESXi and slowly building VMs on it...

Since I would like to run 3-4 separate virtual servers on the machine I believe that it's time for a Quad Gigabit NIC.

I know a few things: Sun make these cards and from what I hear they're great. Intel also make and sell the cards, albeit a little cheaper.

Looking at the Sun site, what's the difference between the X4446A-z and the X4447A-z?

Intel cards are also $200 cheaper - any comments/suggestions on using those (comparisons to Sun NIC's, etc.?) And some suggestions/tips from users using Quad Port Gigabit cards would be great as well!

Thanks in advance for your help!

-Da




BTW: There's a great deal on eBay for a new Sun Quad NIC model number: X4447A-Z ---> Will this card work with an X2250 (Quad Core Intel) ? ? ?