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Dierect-connect two readeyNas Pros using second eth port
Hi All:
For purely performance issues, I am considering direct connecting the second Ethernet port on each of my two RDNP6000 using a cross-over cable. I am thinking of setting up the second port on each with a static IP address outside of the subnet that my boxes are accessible via my Lan. This way I was hoping I could take advantage of:
- No switches to slow down transfers
- make use of the second gigE port on each, especially because my LAN is 10/100
- Speed up rsync transfers to cut down on NAS system resources during operation
I figure if I use a different IP Subnet there is no chance that the traffic would traverse the LAN and I can reach the boxes anyways via the LAN.
Anyone have any luck with this before I tackle it? is there anything special I need to do on the NAS to make this work?
Thanks in advance for looking!
For purely performance issues, I am considering direct connecting the second Ethernet port on each of my two RDNP6000 using a cross-over cable. I am thinking of setting up the second port on each with a static IP address outside of the subnet that my boxes are accessible via my Lan. This way I was hoping I could take advantage of:
- No switches to slow down transfers
- make use of the second gigE port on each, especially because my LAN is 10/100
- Speed up rsync transfers to cut down on NAS system resources during operation
I figure if I use a different IP Subnet there is no chance that the traffic would traverse the LAN and I can reach the boxes anyways via the LAN.
Anyone have any luck with this before I tackle it? is there anything special I need to do on the NAS to make this work?
Thanks in advance for looking!
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- Sounds like you have enough users that teaming would make sense (when you get there). You'd also need cat5e or cat6 of course (unless you installed it originally).
A small switch (GS108T perhaps) would speed up the NAS-NAS connection, and let you try out the teaming feature.
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