Same switch I have (as well as a UniFi 16XG) and a TVS-671 with 10 Gbit adaptor, 4x 10TB Iron Wolf drives and 2x Crucial SSDs running QTier. It'll top out around 600 MB/s but more often than not won't see much past 2-300 MB/s. I need either better cache drives (NVMe) or work out what's going on with QTier.
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Cool, Synology NAS with 6 x 6TB WD Reds here, I need to sort out some SSD caching I guess.
I have an Arista 24 x Port SFP switch but it's just too noisy for the house, I'm going to run a SM fiber to the barn and put my NAS and some other stuff out there, already have a 19" quarter height rack waiting
I have an Arista 24 x Port SFP switch but it's just too noisy for the house, I'm going to run a SM fiber to the barn and put my NAS and some other stuff out there, already have a 19" quarter height rack waiting
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Yes, Mikrotik are probably at the leading edge for 10GbE.
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I won't be doing it now.
The cost of a new nas+ 10GBe cards is just silly just for my Steam games.
The cost of a new nas+ 10GBe cards is just silly just for my Steam games.
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Whats your budget?
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About £1,000 all in.
I already have a Qnap 853a.
Was going to add a better nas...but even though I can afford it...I won't pay it
I do love the Qnap software.
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I'm actually using XPenlogy (Synology) on a Gen8 Microserver, so for me adding 10GigE is just adding a NIC.
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Yeah agreed, most modern NAS's have a PCI slot, I guess you just have to pay their inflated NIC prices 
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My old XPenlogy thread has gone
I still have the old HP microserver in my cupboard
May have to look in to XPenlogy again
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Surely the simplest option would be to buy a NIC for your Qnap 853a?
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Ah that's a good reason, I'm not that familiar with QNAP line up.
I'm pretty sure the one I put in mine is just a regular PCI 10 Gbit adapter.Yeah agreed, most modern NAS's have a PCI slot, I guess you just have to pay their inflated NIC prices
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Ah cool but as above there is no PCI slot in a Qnap 853a
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For that amount you could easily build a system under budget if the 853a is your benchmark, definitely paying a premium for the convenience of the Qnap (though the new Ryzen ones they make look lovely!)About £1,000 all in.
I already have a Qnap 853a.
Was going to add a better nas...but even though I can afford it...I won't pay it
I do love the Qnap software.
I've removed QTier from my QNAP, always thought it hindered performance rather than improved it. Early testing but a simple file copy to/from my 10 Gbit NIC Mac Mini and I'm getting 3-400 MB/s read and 400 MB/s write. I've got a second pool using my SSDs for block storage.
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You can get a R7515 8 core 16 thread 2U server from Dell for £1,615.47 currently with 8x 3.5" bays. Chuck in a 10 Gbit card and you've got a seriously capable FreeNAS or equivalent box. There are other savings codes to be around, someone on my work slack channel said he's managed to get it down to $1170 without tax in the US!
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