How many NICs on Virtual Server 2005 [virtual os] [virtual server]

Q: My server runs Microsoft 2005 and have a . the real OS will be a domain controller / file server and the virtual Exchange Server OS will be seen. The server currently has a network card. I add half

should Network for the Exchange Server so that each OS has its own network?


Re:Originally posted by: guy
Since all offloading/checking needs to be turned off on the physical NIC, it can be a performance bottleneck (to the point of failures), even on smaller SMB transfers.
For multi-user file servers yes, but not most home/test networks this is not an issue.

Re:Since all offloading/checking needs to be turned off on the physical NIC, it can be a performance bottleneck (to the point of failures), even on smaller SMB transfers.

Re:Originally posted by: guy
i thought that one NIC could be a bottleneck for the server if there are lare file transfers going on.
Well sure if there is going to be a lot of traffic over the physical NIC it could become a bottleneck. The question you need to ask is "how much traffic am I going to push?"

When you're talking about Exchange and Active Directory 100Mb goes a very long way.


Re:yeah, this is only for home use.

Re:how much traffic are you going to push ?? if its is for a home lab, one nic is more than plenty.

Re:i thought that one NIC could be a bottleneck for the server if there are lare file transfers going on.

Re:You can have an many Virtual nics as you want.

Re:You dont need a second NIC for it.

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