Hardware specs to achieve 600+mbps
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Good to know, well looks like I will be placing my funds towards a new switch and a new AP as my current one only supports G and all my wireless devices support pre-n or N..
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Just some thoughts
LACP would be my first thought, but a network diagram
would could give a better indication on what is possible.
What is your freenas hardware specs and current configuration, do you use ZFS?
a hp switch
As you already know freenas
LACP and freenas -
Had not thought of LACP which could be very useful as I do have an open PCI-E slot on my main freenas box. I am not very concerned about the other 2 freenas boxes cause they are not used as much (they are my roommates) and only store a few TB's each which I am not even sure what they store. Mine however is a 2x Xeon X3370, 16GB 1333 RAM, 24 x 2TB wd green drives in a hw raid 5 and yes I am using zfs.
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Things to look for in a gig switch, performance-wise, are jumbo frame support and non-blocking. You may also be interested in QoS function, which would require at least a smart switch, but only if you find congestion happening in the switch.
Energy efficiency is good, stability is a must. Make sure you get enough ports.
If you're going 8 ports or 24 then I recommend the Netgear prosafe line. I've had lots of issues with the GS116 though and wouldn't recommend it.
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The issue is the filesystem on the Freenas….NFS sucks pushing big files. Use ISCSI because it is block level transfer...
This is a bit of a tangent, but doesn't ISCSI necessitate the use of a distributed filesystem if accessed from more than one host? I've used freenas as an iscsi target for a single host, and although we weren't pushing it hard, it worked fine.
As for NFS sucking, are you referring to freenas's implementation or NFS in general? I have an Ubuntu server serving NFS from a single WD Green drive on an Atom 330 and it will push/pull platter speed without breaking a sweat. Granted, I had to do some tweaking of mount parameters and mtu to get it there.
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Well seeing as how I need at least 10 ports just for the desktop pc's, file servers, and some ports for my AP's to plug into I think I will look into the 16 port, currently I have a 8 port switch that maxed and many devices are forced to be on wireless that I would like to be wired….
Looking over some reviews/prices, it seems the NETGEAR GS116 would be a good fit also considering there is a nice $25 rebate on it right now. I will let you all know how it works out... Did some speed tests over my current setup with the best possible route I could think of through my current 10/100mbit switch and was pulling roughly 45-50mbits from one of my freenas boxes to my desktop pc, seemed pretty slow but then again another member of my household could have been moving stuff or streaming through the switch. Regardless I think that a upgraded switch would benefit all of us, which just makes me think why am I the one paying for it ??? :P lol
Thanks again
Things to look for in a gig switch, performance-wise, are jumbo frame support and non-blocking. You may also be interested in QoS function, which would require at least a smart switch, but only if you find congestion happening in the switch.
Energy efficiency is good, stability is a must. Make sure you get enough ports.
If you're going 8 ports or 24 then I recommend the Netgear prosafe line. I've had lots of issues with the GS116 though and wouldn't recommend it.
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45-50mbits from one of my freenas boxes to my desktop pc, seemed pretty slow
Are you using samba? nfs? other? Might be worth googling optimisations for your protocol, or check the manual. I was able to more than double my throughput on sequential file transfers over nfs with some tweaks.
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45-50mbits from one of my freenas boxes to my desktop pc, seemed pretty slow
Are you using samba? nfs? other? Might be worth googling optimisations for your protocol, or check the manual. I was able to more than double my throughput on sequential file transfers over nfs with some tweaks.
ufs
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ufs is the local filesystem. What protocol are your using to share it over the network. Or how are your clients connecting to freenas? Are they Windows clients?
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ufs is the local filesystem. What protocol are your using to share it over the network. Or how are your clients connecting to freenas? Are they Windows clients?
oh oh sorry, Most of the clients connect through samba or ftp
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Personally, I'd stay away from netgear or d-link switches if you're concerned about heavy traffic. The nice things about HP switches is the (transferable) life time warranty. Makes it real easy to pick up a used one and not worry about the condition of it much. What I don't like about the HP switches are how much slower they are compared to Dell and Cisco switches. Just some thoughts.
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Personally, I'd stay away from netgear or d-link switches if you're concerned about heavy traffic.
http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/DesktopSwitches/GS116.aspx?detail=Specifications
The GS116 also has a lifetime warranty. It's specced for 1,488,000 packets/sec and 32 Gbps (non-blocking), so I'm not sure what you are referring to. Have you seen something that would suggest a problem?
D-link, on the other hand, out of the dozens I've looked at, I've seen more faulty than good, at least on the consumer-grade stuff. I would not spend more than about $10 on any d-link product under the sun, and would certainly never trust it with any important task.
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I'm using a lot of Netgear devices and never had one problem.
A lot of FS726T and lately more GS716T/GS724T.
They all have a life-time warranty.Could you show some background on why someone shouldn't use Netgear devices? (I don't mean consumer grade devices.)
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I use both Netgear and D-Link gigabit rack mount switches all over the place and couldn't be happier myself… I did lose a port on a Netgear once after a lightning strike...
:P
