Is there any reason to have 2 NICs on a server?

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Published on 2010-04-06T23:19:32Z Indexed on 2010/04/06 23:23 UTC
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Is there any reason to have 2 NICs on a server BESIDES the following cases?

You need to connect to 2 different physical networks
Redudancy (1 NIC fails, so you use the other)

Are there any other reasons?

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