Gigabit networks becoming a bottleneck

Presumably you'll still suffer from the same issues that result in the transfer of many small files taking far longer than the transfer of a few large files?

I only ever find Gigabit to be a limitation when I'm moving larges files around. For those times I let it happen in the background.
 
bremen1874 said:
Presumably you'll still suffer from the same issues that result in the transfer of many small files taking far longer than the transfer of a few large files?

I only ever find Gigabit to be a limitation when I'm moving larges files around. For those times I let it happen in the background.
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I'd assume so yes, I would love to get at least gigabit speeds around the internal network, but having 10GbE (or faster!) would be nice.
 
VMs, video editing storage, faster backups/restores. Plenty of good reasons for faster network. I can't fathom why people seem so set against it.
 
Depending on use case surely "bonding" 2 or 4 gigabit ports via LACP etc is viable?

Whilst it doesn't help if you are only transferring from 1 client, if you have 2 or more then it will provide an increase in effective bandwidth.

Some of the mid range synology etc have 2 or 4 ports so can do this.
 
I think 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T will appear on the Netgear and TP-Link switches of the world at some point, which is really the most likely option to be cost-effective if bonding isn't viable. Expect to see it on the Qnap and Synology boxes of the world and probably some riced up 'gaming' routers.
 
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