intel card question

[ann kok]

Hi all

I am looking for the ethernet card for linux. In the
intel website
1/ I don't know what is the meaning of Scalable I/O on
Linux.


2/ ls the big different between desktop and server
card?

Thank you

http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro1000pt_quad_server_adapter.htm


Load balancing on multiple CPUs  	Increases
performance on multi-processor systems by efficiently
balancing network loads across CPU cores when used
with Receive-Side Scaling from Microsoft or Scalable
I/O on Linux*


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