Would it make a difference if I connected my PC to a switch with Fibre NIC?

Virdi · 9 Nov 2015 at 19:01

Hi all,

I would like to create a super fast home network.

I have thought about adding a Dual port NIC and LACP or would it be better to add NIC with a fibre connection to a switch with SFPs?

Thanks

Virdi · 9 Nov 2015 at 19:39

Hi,

I have lots of HD video files from cameras etc... On multiple hard drives on my main PC.

I would like a system of being able to transfer recordings to multiple NAS boxes ...FAST.

Thanks

Virdi · 9 Nov 2015 at 19:46

randal said:
What are the NAS boxes? PCs or appliance type dealies?

Synology and Zyxel. Both have dual LAN ports for LACP.

Virdi · 9 Nov 2015 at 19:47

Sin_Chase said:
Not worth it, honestly.

Not only does your PC have to be enabled for such speed, your network devices to and not JUST the network connectivity but the actual storage media also. The bump in price to 10GBit and/or Fibre is stupid. The added complexity of LACP is not worth it.

Ok ...so do I have any other options?

Virdi · 9 Nov 2015 at 20:04

Caged said:
Options for what? What tasks that you throw at your network are slow at the moment, and what is the model of your NAS?

Options for a FAST network transfer speed please.

Synology is a DS215+

Zyxel is NAS540

Thanks

Virdi · 9 Nov 2015 at 20:56

RAID 0. ...WD REDs

The Synology hits around 113 megabytes per second

Virdi · 9 Nov 2015 at 21:24

randal said:
Well anything more than 4 x 1Gb links from your PC is going to be wasted if that's all you've got at the NAS ends, approximately anyway. Quad port gig card, aggregate the links and do the same with the 2 at either end on the NAS boxes. Even that is most likely overkill.

I think your dual port NIC is the way to go. I recently picked up an HP 1910 24 port layer 3 switch with PoE and a few other toys for £75 on the 'bay, something like that should see you right.

Did this work well for you? What improvements have you seen?

Thanks