ReadyNAS 314 upgrade NIC card to 10Gbe?

[Retired_Member]

I tried searching the forums and didn't find anything regarding this specific model. Can I upgrade the NIC card to 10Gbe? Yes, I know this would void warranty.

I went into the logs and downloaded boot_info.log file and I didn't see anything regarding a 0 or 1 for 10Gbe.


Thanks!

[mdgm-ntgr]

The boot info.log was using a flag in the EEPROM data to determine which model has 10 GbE. We handle this differently with the newer models.

I don't think upgrading to using a 10GbE card would be possible.

The RN716X has two 10GBase-T ports.

[Retired_Member]

I saw the RN716X. It's just too expensive ;-(

[mdgm-ntgr]

It's too much for me too. At this stage 10GbE on a NAS is very much at a price point where unless you have a business use for it it's not yet affordable.

[Retired_Member]

I just found out about NIC teaming tonight! I'm going to go this route and install a dual-NIC in my desktop computer. On my ReadyNAS 314, what option should I choose for the bonding? After reading through the differences, I was going to go with either Adaptive Load Balancing or Transmit Load Balancing (but I wasn't sure on the processing power that Netgear warns about.) Thoughts?

[mdgm-ntgr]

I'd go with LACP if the switch supports it.

[Retired_Member]

mdgm wrote:
I'd go with LACP if the switch supports it.

IEEE 802.3ad LACP? Yup, it has it!

Any idea how to setup NIC Teaming on Windows 8 now?

EDIT: I think I found my answer. I just picked up this card off Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Intel-1000-Dual-Server-Adapter/dp/B000BMZHX2) and found this article: http://nearlydeaf.com/?p=1176 to do NIC Teaming.