Beyondtech

Good afternoon, Ok, let me fill you in with some background info... I have a house in the US (Texas) with some freeNAS boxes, and a media server. This house also contains an offsite business backup box. This house has a really good internet setup with a 1000mbit up and down link. I know, totally insane and overkill, and I am serious. I also have a house in Bermuda, this is where I spend most of my time, once again, this house has a NAS box and my computers I use on a daily basis. This house has an internet link of 25 down, 5 up. These two networks are connected through open VPN. I have other users accessing through the VPN, 1 in Switzerland, 1 in Baltimore. I generally am just using word docs but the occasional picture or two. I am considering adding a file server. 95% of all the usage (which isnt very much, light load, 2-3hrs a day) is in Bermuda. Here are my two options: Add a file server in the US with the gigabit link and have a 'relatively' slow access from my primary location in Bermuda Add a file server in the US and in Bermuda. Use the Bermuda when in Bermuda and other users will access through US box. Then perform a nightly sync. Which is a better idea? Please ask questions if required.

Good point... I have looked into that and they both come with lifetime warranty, lifetime next day replacement, and lifetime 24/7 advanced tech support. Thank you! ~BeyondTech

Ok... Let me make myself more clear. I am looking at getting two of these: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OZCFVVC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_10&smid=A2I4D0WO1JEMBA And one of: http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-ProSAFE-12-Port-10GBase-T-XS712T-100NES/dp/B00BWBLL6S/ref=pd_bxgy_147_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1FZY8GYVN5GME5TPD5D4 This network will be hosting an international file server and media server used by a business. This network will mostly be just a backup but will have some primary data being stored. This network will be absolutely hammered in the morning when all of the nightly backups go off. As this is mainly just a backup, it is not worth moving up to the next tier with cisco gear but I am still looking for high quality, managed gear. I have looked at the reviews of these products and it all seems good, but I have heard the maybe 10-15 years ago, NETGEAR gear was not consistent/reliable. Thanks, BeyondTech

Are Netgear switches reliable for long uptime and for 24/7 use?

Thanks... That's what I thought, I just dislike purchasing expensive gear without confirmation from others.

Good Afternoon, Simple question... this raid card says in the name 6.0Gb/s. That is gigabits per second right? In the spec of the product, it says it supports 16*6Gb/s Sata drives. Does this mean my whole raid array will be capped at 6Gb/s? This may sound stupid but it is just the wording of it.

Ok... I think your getting confused with LAN speeds being Gigabit, compared to WAN speeds being Gigabit. Having a local area network gigabit means that with devices on your local network (nas, computers), can communicate and transfer at 1Gbps. So if you have a 10/100/1000 ethernet switch and your devices plugged into it, you can copy files to your NAS from your PC at about 120MB/s or 1000Mbps. This does not mean that you have gigabit WAN speeds. Gigabit WAN speeds means that you can communicate with devices external to your network, if they allow for it, at 1000Mbps. So if you were to upload video to youtube, you can upload at 120MB/s or 1Gbps. ~BeyondTech

Ok @Coswar, I am not 100% sure you can do this with an integrated port and an external (to the motherboard) port. I only have every succeeded when using two ports from the same NIC. I however, can put you in the (what I think is correct...) right direction. I have linked you to a video of what I think you are trying to accomplish. Linus did this in a slightly bigger scale with 4 ports in this video, but the basics are the same. Knowing Linus, he didn't have the best of all luck, but it tells you what you need to know before scavenging much further. I suggest you watch this video: ~BeyondTech

One last question... Are these two 1Gbps ports internal to the motherboard or are they on a NIC? ~BeyondTech

When you say bonding, do you mean something along the line of LACP or Adaptive Load Balancing? ~BeyondTech

Good Afternoon, First of all, if you can, try to put in direct ethernet cables connecting devices together. As your original post doesn't specify, I considered I might mention it. This could be an option: http://www.amazon.com/TP-LINK-TL-PA4010KIT-Powerline-Adapter-Starter/dp/B00AWRUICG/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1454992970&sr=1-1&keywords=tp+link+powerline This will give you over 400Mbps of speed. I have used TP-LINK powerline devices before, but through my experience, they haven't been the greatest in my house. But just to let you know... I live in a house that is about 150 years old. The electric cables in this house are practically ruined... I would suggest that you get the 2-port option to give you the expandibility. If you need gigabit LAN capabilities... this would be phenomenal: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y3QPG1A This would give you speeds up to 1200Mbits if your in-wall electric cabling can allow for it. This most likely would be overkill as you most likely have a gigabit NIC; however allowing for future expansion. Anyway... hope this helps. ~BeyondTech

Thanks Blake! I will be going with the 2x28 ports because I can setup some redundancy and the imporved bandwidth will defiantly impact my teams workflow. ~BeyondTech

Good Afternoon, I have come here with regards to constructing my new network. I am implementing a 10GbE network. I am currently defiantly getting the Netgear 12-port 10GbE Switch. I am currently querying my second "normal" switch. Will it be better to get one of these: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OZCFUDG/ref=twister_B015GKJIF6?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 or two of these: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OZCFUDG/ref=twister_B015GKJIF6?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 I would be able to link these to my main switch using the four 10GbE ports that are on both of these. Ultimately the two switches (or three) would have a 20gbit link between them... so which is better? The single 52 port on the 2 28 port. Thanks in advance! ~BeyondTech

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