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ReadyNAS 626X - using the 10Gbps NIC
Hi I have a ReadyNAS 626X using one of the 1Gbps network interfaces (connected to a 1Gbps switch). I have about 60-70 users, though only a proportion of those will ever be accessing it at the same t...
Hi
I've determined that the slowdown was being caused by traffic passing from subnet to subnet through the firewall. The 10Gbps NIC would never have made a difference.
Thanks for your suggestions though, I will take a look at those in time.
paulmt wrote:
The switches are manageable, but we use them dumb with the network configuration all on the firewall. Is it fair to say that there's no downside to switching to the 10Gbps NIC? It's either going to help, or just operate at the existing speed anyway?
If you are connecting to a gigabit switch, then there is no benefit at all. It shouldn't hurt either.
However, configuring bonding on the switch and the NAS could provide a noticeable performance boost for your users. In this mode you could bond all four NICs together, and quadruple the NAS network bandwidth.
Options on bonding are to
- use round-robin on the NAS and static LAG on the switch
- use LACP on both the NAS and the switch
LACP is the better option for you if the switch supports it.
However, if your switches are connected to each other with gigabit ethernet, you'd also want to create bonded connections between the switches.
Hi
I've determined that the slowdown was being caused by traffic passing from subnet to subnet through the firewall. The 10Gbps NIC would never have made a difference.
Thanks for your suggestions though, I will take a look at those in time.
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