SQL 2014 & NICs

  • I just purchased a Dell PE730 which has 4 embedded NICs.  I teamed the first two NICs, and I was wondering if its a good idea to add the third and possibly the fourth NIC to the team to increase throughput and failover.  I am setting up this SQL Server 2014 to replace an existing SQL 2008 R2 server which will serve 15 users, so its a small installation.  I am actually thinking the existing two NIC team ought to suffice for this installation, but you might see different.

  • do you plan to cluster this server?

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  • No clustering.  Also, this installation is a physical server.

  • best way is to monitor the network usage and add\remove cards as necessary

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  • Okay, I will probably leave it with the NIC team as is.  Thanks.

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