Hello, I'am french, sorry for my english.I dont find help on french support. I have a RN104 and actualy i choose LACP on my RN104 and my switch. i'ts work but i dont win more speed.Why ?I thought that by consolidating ethernet links I would double speed This is my screenshots RN104 + Switch Microsens i read this page but ... its not very explicit and they dont speek about speed transfert.http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/23076/~/what-are-bonded-adapters-and-how-do-they-work-with-my-readynas-os-6-storage Does i need to choose diffrent setting ? Thanks for your advice,

Bonding doesn't double your speed. Each traffic flow through the bond is still limited to 1 gigabit. The reason is that the link between the switch and the client is limited to 1 gigabit anyway, so it really can't go any faster. Bonding can improve performance if you have multiple clients trying to use the NAS simultaneously (each client is limited to 1 gbit, but the total traffic to all clients can reach 2 gigabits). But the RN104 really isn't fast enough to reach one gigabit speeds. So even though it supports bonding, it can't take advantage of the extra bandwidth.

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artkaos

Aspirant

Apr 29, 2016

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tips to increase traffic (bonding)

Hello,

I'am french, sorry for my english.
I dont find help on french support.

I have a RN104 and actualy i choose LACP on my RN104 and my switch. i'ts work but i dont win more speed.
Why ?
I thought that by consolidating ethernet links I would double speed

This is my screenshots RN104 + Switch Microsens

bond 0.jpg

Trunk Swicth.jpg

i read this page but ... its not very explicit and they dont speek about speed transfert.
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/23076/~/what-are-bonded-adapters-and-how-do-they-work-with-my-readynas-os-6-storage 

Does i need to choose diffrent setting ?

Thanks for your advice,

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StephenB
Apr 29, 2016
Bonding doesn't double your speed. Each traffic flow through the bond is still limited to 1 gigabit. The reason is that the link between the switch and the client is limited to 1 gigabit anyway, so it really can't go any faster.

Bonding can improve performance if you have multiple clients trying to use the NAS simultaneously (each client is limited to 1 gbit, but the total traffic to all clients can reach 2 gigabits).

But the RN104 really isn't fast enough to reach one gigabit speeds. So even though it supports bonding, it can't take advantage of the extra bandwidth.

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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 29, 2016
Bonding doesn't double your speed. Each traffic flow through the bond is still limited to 1 gigabit. The reason is that the link between the switch and the client is limited to 1 gigabit anyway, so it really can't go any faster.

Bonding can improve performance if you have multiple clients trying to use the NAS simultaneously (each client is limited to 1 gbit, but the total traffic to all clients can reach 2 gigabits).

But the RN104 really isn't fast enough to reach one gigabit speeds. So even though it supports bonding, it can't take advantage of the extra bandwidth.
- artkaos
  Aspirant
  Apr 29, 2016
  Damned :mansad:
  
  Thanks for your help,
  I thought to increase bandwidth whith bonding, actualy, i have 30 or 45/MB/s.
  
  I bought a switch for nothing :)
  - StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 29, 2016
    Though it is painful, you probably could increase the throughput if you did a factory reset (rebuilding the NAS and restoring all the data from backup). I did that a couple months ago with my RN102, and saw a marked increase in speeds (around 70 MB/s if I remember correctly). Though I use jbod, not xraid.
    
    If you want to try that, perhaps wait for 6.5 to be released.