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ReadyNas link aggregation, bonding, teaming
I have a Readynas Pro6 with 6.8.0
I'd like to increase the netwrok speed, copying large files (3-25GB) from my computer to NAS, or reverse.
The NAS have 2x Gigabit network port.
My PC have an Intel i217-V Gigabit port on motherboard, and I have a HP NC360T dual-port NIC, with Intel 82571EB chipset, support a dozen of protocols, 802.3ad too.
I'd like to copy files ~2Gbit between the PC and NAS. What type of bonding is the best for me?
(My switch support LAG, not LACP, it is a TP-Link TL-SG108E. But if need, I can buy a LACP switch)
kekegsm wrote:
Round Robin better for me than XOR?
Round Robin ensures that outbound traffic from the NAS uses both NICs equally. XOR does a hash of the source and destination addresses. I think that will limit you to 1 gigabit throughput.
This will require some experimentation. ALB or TLB modes might also be worth a try.
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In general, NIC bonding works better when you have multiple users. LACP in particular won't deliver more than 1 gigabit of data per data flow on a gigabit network. That's to prevent packet loss in the clients (which generally aren't using nic teaming).
You could try using a static LAG for both the PC and NAS. On the NAS you'd choose round-robin (which would even the load on the two connections). You'd want to enable ethernet flow control in the switch and the clients, in order to prevent data overrun to your other devices.
If you want to play with this, I suggest doing some benchmarks on both the PC performance and other devices that use the NAS first. Then make sure that the bonding doesn't reduce performance (especially on the other devices). Also, I don't believe Windows supports NIC teaming, so make sure you research the PC support.
Thanks a lot.
Usually just my PC use the NAS, and the network. My wife use her laptop and mobile phone, but just for internet browsing, not more, I think it is not a heavy load. And I have a Samsung smart TV, this play movies from NAS on DNLA. It can be higher traffic, but it can work on a 802.11n wifi too, I don't think about heavy load.
Round Robin better for me than XOR?
Windows and teaming: The newer Intel driver support it again (it was supported in the past, long time ago in a galaxy far far away), now the driver over 22.x.x support it, I attached pic from it
kekegsm wrote:
Round Robin better for me than XOR?
Round Robin ensures that outbound traffic from the NAS uses both NICs equally. XOR does a hash of the source and destination addresses. I think that will limit you to 1 gigabit throughput.
This will require some experimentation. ALB or TLB modes might also be worth a try.
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