Hardware and Expectations..

arch113

Well I ran Lan Speed test against the servers from several machines at once across the network. I then duplicated that same file transfer, only consecutively with 2,3,4 then 5 machines. It held up until the third and fourth machines, dropping by about 10M-20MB/s per each additional machine. 5th one pretty much took it down to an oscillating 10-60MB/s.

So you guys were spot on. I just find it hard to accept that I can barely push 15% of the total gigabit. Seems like there should be more available somewhere, I was hoping that PFSense could help push a few more MB/s out of the system. Stupid thing is that now I've been staring at 10GigE and Infiniband products.

Again, thanks for all the assistance, you guys have been very helpful.

http://www.zdnet.com/netgear-launches-affordable-10-gigabit-switches-for-smes-7000013507/

stephenw10

Interesting. However from my point of view affordable is not £675, for a home setup at least. I think Ill wait for affordable to become more affordable. ;)

Steve

asterix

"The new 24-port XSM7224 enterprise switch has a maximum power consumption of 200W"

power-frugal my ass !!

my Netgear 48-port gigabit managed switch is around 73-75W max with all 48 ports being used at max capacity…

jasonlitka

Power consumption for 10Gbe is considerably higher than 1Gbe, just as 1Gbe is much higher than 100Mbit.

I agree that 200W for a 24-port isn't great though. My Dell PowerConnect 8132F switches are rated at a max of 176W for either 32-ports of 10Gbe or 24-ports of 10Gbe and 2 ports of 40Gbe (which is how mine are configured).

EDIT: Just noticed that those Netgear switches are twisted pair. That will raise the power consumption considerably. In that case, 200W for 24 ports is pretty good.