Direct PC>PC connection in addition to switch connection

Hi

Would the following be possible and also introduce 10Gb transfer speeds?

PC A connected to central switch (1Gb)
PC B connected to the same central switch
File transfers occur at 1Gb bandwidth

Assuming both PCs have additional 10Gb NICs in addition to the above connections

PC A is now also connected to PC B via 10Gb NICs on each PC

Will file transfers now occur at 10Gb? Do the PCs auto-sense a higher bandwidth connection and choose the best path? I presume the 10Gb NICs need to be configured on a different subnet to avoid a network loop?

I know there's no consumer kit available to saturate 10Gb, just thinking of maximising SSD > SSD transfer.

Thank you

Mike

Would need different IP range, to simplify things, connect via IP address.

We have two servers directly connected like that (via an 80m fibre) for backup transfer. Works very well.

Thanks. So just to confirm, the direct connection is in addition to the general connection to the master network? For clarity I need the master connection (1Gb) for general network and WAN access with the additional 10Gb direct connection for local file transfer.

Thank you

I've had a previous setup before working something like this:

All machines connected to a 1Gbe network for general stuff (using 192.168.0.0/32)

A Workstation PC connected to a server via 10Gbe (using 10.0.0.2/8, server connected on 10.0.0.1/8)

On the workstation & server I edited the host file to have the other machine name using the 10.0.0.1 & 10.0.0.2 addresses

Was a quick & dirty way of doing things, whilst I was awaiting my 10Gbe switch to arrive

BattFink said:

I've had a previous setup before working something like this

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Was a quick & dirty way of doing things, whilst I was awaiting my 10Gbe switch to arrive

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Makes sense and sounds like what I need.

Thanks for your time.

Mike

BattFink said:

All machines connected to a 1Gbe network for general stuff (using 192.168.0.0/32)

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I presume you mean /24 rather than /32?

the-evaluator said:

I presume you mean /24 rather than /32?

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Doh!.. yeah, wouldn't get very far with that mask (sorry long week)