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Bonding 10Gbe ports to get double bandwidth with RN626X - is it possible?
I'm looking to set up a second 626X for our San Francisco studio and am curious if I can take advantage of bonding to double up and downstream bandwidth on a 10Gbe network. The idea is to run the 626...
I don't think so. A 10 gpbs interface can carry over 1200 MB/s of traffic. You didn't get anywhere close to that in your testing, so you weren't limited by the network. FWIW, I also use 10 gpbs with my own NAS, and I get similar speeds.
Even if you were network-bound, you usually only see a benefit if you have several devices accessing the NAS at the same time. Bonding works best when the bonded interfaces are carrying several different data flows (going to or from several different devices)..
It does no harm to try it though - your switch does support bonding.
Makes sense. I was hoping I might approach NVMe speeds but that's probably a pipe dream. Even if I could get SSD speeds with NAS capacity and redundancy, that would be a win. I've been wanting to do this upgrade for a while and will hopefully have the needed resources soon. Once I do I'll give bonding a try and let you know how it goes. Thanks!
dhl wrote:
Even if I could get SSD speeds with NAS capacity and redundancy, that would be a win.
ReadyTier is worth considering. You'd need to go with no more than 6 mechanical disks though.
Caching metadata on the SSD would speed up folder browsing, and copying folders with small files (photos for instance). Caching data is also possible, and could help if you frequently access a working set of files while on a project.
StephenB wrote:
dhl wrote:Even if I could get SSD speeds with NAS capacity and redundancy, that would be a win.
ReadyTier is worth considering. You'd need to go with no more than 6 mechanical disks though.
Caching metadata on the SSD would speed up folder browsing, and copying folders with small files (photos for instance). Caching data is also possible, and could help if you frequently access a working set of files while on a project.
My hope is to be able to use the ReadyNAS as live project storage during production. I work on immersive 360° video projects with very large size video files and would like to be able to keep them on the NAS while I'm working. With enough bandwidth, in theory it should work. But it means that my general use case would be streaming large files instead of working with lots of small ones. Would ReadyTier help with this?
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