While technology allows today's home desktop computer systems to provide a 10/100/1000 Mbps connection with the help of compatible devices, the industry standard is rather different. If you want to build a server system for various applications and require it to provide a fast Internet connection, you will need 10 gigabit interface. Servers can deal with that much bandwidth trough the integration of 10 Gigabit Ethernet cards. Also, server systems are built for endurance and for high performance computing, and for this reason they need the best hardware components in order to be reliable.



One such card is offered by one of the most important networking products manufacturer, SMC. The company has built a PCI card that can be used as a 10 gigabit Ethernet server adapter. Dubbed SMC TigerCard 10G PCI Card, the product is specified to be the industry's first 10GBASE-T server adapter which combines the speed and performance of the latest technology with the simple integration of Ethernet over copper.



This solution was needed as a result of the continuous growth of networking environments that require high transfer bandwidths for different complex applications. High performance computing, database clusters and video on demand are probably the most demanding bandwidth applications, which will be empowered by this SMC solution. While performance is very important, another issue with this kind of products is thermal management,



The TigerCard is meant to have a maximum power consumption level in full traffic load of 16 Watts. The technical specifications of the TigerCard allows it to support Virtualization technology which is highly used in all of the modern server systems. The card has been manufactured to offer a reliable and cost-effective solution for enterprise users. It can be acquired online for an approximate price tag of almost $1000.