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The on-board NIC in an octane is 10/100, so network anything will be painful. It's possible to install gigE, but you will need a PCI-X shoebox and also a NIC w

The on-board NIC in an octane is 10/100, so network anything will be painful. It's possible to install gigE, but you will need a PCI-X shoebox and also a NIC with compatible firmware. Not super easy to find.

rbranson 7y ago
How so? I’ve never seen a gigE port that didn’t also support 10/100.
- hapless 7y ago
  I mean, 11 mb/s is hilariously slow. Much, much slower than the native SCSI drives You will want gigE if you are going to do anything interesting over the network on an Octane.
  - ddingus 7y ago
    Especially given great 15kRPM SCSI drives could peak over 200Mb/sec