Why dual nic on Ultra?

Similar hardware as the Pro, which does do teaming. Cost-savings to share platforms.

You can use the NICs on different networks still. Or there is a third-party add-on that gives you the Teaming functionality without the Business price for extended features and warranty.

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chirpa wrote:
Similar hardware as the Pro, which does do teaming. Cost-savings to share platforms. You can use the NICs on different networks still. Or there is a third-party add-on that gives you the Teaming functionality without the Business price for extended features and warranty. viewtopic.php?f=48&t=34262

Thanks for the info and link.

Not trying to stir things up, but I'm not seeing ANY speed increase with this add-on. I've tried multiple Teaming Modes, both connected to a properly configured managed switch and even tried TLB and ALB modes to no avail.

Copying large test files (8.5G) on a 1Gb connection to my ALB enabled Pro6 results in avg copy speeds of 70-75MB/sec: I'm only seeing 20-25MB/sec to the Ultra6 under the same conditions-- and that's regardless of the Teaming Mode chosen.

I'm also not a fan of 'the Ultra just isn't powerful enough to handle teaming'. It has an Atom processor and mine sports 2G of memory. I run TLB teaming on HP NICs in an enterprise DC all-day, every day and its on-board processor is nowhere near as powerful as an Atom. And generally neither is the memory.

Seriously: I'm completely at a loss here. Anyone else experiencing this?
tril

The processor is fast enough to do teaming, but you'd get the automatic failover benefit (if you choose an appropriate mode). You're not going to see a performance benefit from teaming on an Ultra/Ultra Plus, unless it's an Ultra 6 Plus. Even then you'd need multiple client devices to see a performance benefit.

What protocol are you using to copy the files?

What version of RAIDiator?

What brand and model disks are in the Ultra 6?