Although I don't have any hard numbers in front of me right now, I'd have to agree with Ed...modern nics tend not to fail. (Most of my experience is also with Intel, and Netgear back when they used the DEC chips).
That said...there are a lot of ways to do nic failover. One way is this... http://www.intel.com/support/network/adapter/1000/linux/ans.htm -Sam On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:25:03AM +0800, Edward Dekkers wrote: > > Do NIC cards die more often because they > > are exposed to static discharges or other > > power surges? > > Just to throw a spanner in the works. I know you guys obviously have > different experiences. > > In a normal working environment - in 6 years working in this field, I MOST > DEFINATELY had more hard drives fail than NICs. > > A 'no reason' NIC failure I've seen maybe 2 twice in that time. > > The rest all blew up through lightening storms (a frightening amount I may > add). But these are obvious when the PC comes in and there's black marks > stretching out from the UTP connector. > > I can't count how many hard drives have failed in that time. Quite a few. > > Mind you, I was using the cheap (whatever maxtor bought - I forget the name) > LCT drives. I only buy Netgear and Intel NICs. > > --- > Edward Dekkers (Director) > Triple D Computer Services P/L > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Sam Ockman, Chairman and CEO Tel: 415-358-2600 Fax: 415-896-6742 Toll Free: 888-PENGUIN Penguin Computing - The World's Most Reliable Linux Systems www.penguincomputing.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
