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Question posted by gyurzwa on September 24th, 2014

All D2d Appliances Have Two 1gbit Ethernet Ports, The D2d4312 And D2d4324

appliances also have two 10gbit ethernet ports. which of the below configuration will deliver best performance when backing up data over the ethernet ports?

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