Re: net6501 PCIe version?

> I see, so that would limit me to a speed of 250 MB/s based on the wikipedia article about PCI Express.
> So if I add an addition SFP 1 Gbit/s NIC card I would still be fine as in theory a 1 Gbit/s card would consume maximum 125 MB/s of bandwidth. Am I correct here?

Basically yes. But you won't get 250 MB/s as there is much overhead. I would calculate about 180-200MB/s max.
But yes, your gigabit-card should work. But you should watch, if you really can get this.
I am only getting about 60-80 MB/s with samba, as the CPU (1.6 GHz version) is too slow for samba.

Conrad