With the gaining popularity of multi-core and multi-processor systems, deployment of the Microsoft Scalable Networking Pack with advanced, server-class network adapters is highly recommended.
Microsoft makes the Scalable Networking Pack (SNP) available as a free download for Microsoft Windows 2003 Server (32-bit and 64-bit) and for Windows XP 64-bit platforms. It is also an integrated component within Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2. This package provides new and improved network acceleration and compatibility with hardware-based offload technologies. Three technologies included in the Scalable Networking Pack help optimize server performance when processing network traffic. Because iSCSI uses the network, it can take advantage of these technologies. These technologies are Receive-side Scaling, TCP Offload, and NetDMA. NetDMA was not tested for this report.
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