EastCoastMaster
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I am in the process of setting up a Windows Home Server using an Intel-based micro atx board and plan to put a 4 NIC Intel Server PCI-e card in it, and "team" the four NIC's for a max throughput of 4gb/s. I am also building another Desktop. This will be my "main" PC and is going to be very high end with an ASUS Z87 Expert motherboard and the unlocked Haswell i7 CPU. I plan to install a 4 NIC Intel Server PCI-e card in that as well (and set up teaming) so I can get an effective 4gb/s transfer rate between the new PC and Windows Home Server. The rest of the house will have a standard gigabit connection. And yes, I have a switch that supports LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol or "teaming").
Anyway's bottom line is should I install Windows 7 or Windows 8 on my new Desktop PC? I would prefer to install Windows 8, but I was told by someone on another forum (smallnetbuilder.com) that they thought LACP was not supported by Windows 8 and that I would need to use Windows 7. I searched all over the web, but I can't get a clear cut answer to my question. Anyone know for sure?
Anyway's bottom line is should I install Windows 7 or Windows 8 on my new Desktop PC? I would prefer to install Windows 8, but I was told by someone on another forum (smallnetbuilder.com) that they thought LACP was not supported by Windows 8 and that I would need to use Windows 7. I searched all over the web, but I can't get a clear cut answer to my question. Anyone know for sure?
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- XP - Windows 8. Depends on the PC.