local network file transfer speed

[CatXice]

currently got 2 desktops me and the wife on cat 8 to the home AP both lan ports are gigabit so when doing file transfers were capped at 990mbps if i got a 2.5 switch and put them both into that and then the switch into the AP that should let us transfer at 2.5gig then right? just want to make sure before i spend a bunch of money thats all

 

edit both systems have 2.5gig on the mobo's both have sab rocket gen 4 drives in ie i want the network to out run the drives if i move a 300gb file "inside" my ssd it can do it at 1.6gps so a 2.5gig switch should be fine just wanted to make sure it will work the way i said above

[Blue4130]

15 minutes ago, CatXice said:

currently got 2 desktops me and the wife on cat 8 to the home AP both lan ports are gigabit so when doing file transfers were capped at 990mbps if i got a 2.5 or 10gig switch and put them both into that and then the switch into the AP that should let us transfer at 2.5 or 10 gig then right? just want to make sure before i spend a bunch of money thats all

What is the storage medium? NVME? SATA SSD? HDD?

[Alex Atkin UK]

15 minutes ago, CatXice said:

currently got 2 desktops me and the wife on cat 8 to the home AP both lan ports are gigabit so when doing file transfers were capped at 990mbps if i got a 2.5 or 10gig switch and put them both into that and then the switch into the AP that should let us transfer at 2.5 or 10 gig then right? just want to make sure before i spend a bunch of money thats all

Obviously both your PCs will need 2.5/10Gbit NICs to do it but otherwise yes, any device connected to the same switch can talk to each other at full speed.

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 minute ago, Blue4130 said:

What is the storage medium? NVME? SATA SSD? HDD?

A good HDD should be able to reach up to around 2Gbit, ironically a bad SSD may not due to the cache filling too quickly.

[Blue4130]

1 minute ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

A good HDD should be able to reach up to around 2Gbit, ironically a bad SSD may not due to the cache filling too quickly.

Key word good, there are plenty of harddrives that can't sustain it, something that I've come to realize is that people cheap out of mass storage. To the moon with the primary, but anything past that is an afterthought.

[CatXice]

7 minutes ago, Blue4130 said:

What is the storage medium? NVME? SATA SSD? HDD?

 

5 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Obviously both your PCs will need 2.5/10Gbit NICs to do it but otherwise yes, any device connected to the same switch can talk to each other at full speed.

 

4 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

A good HDD should be able to reach up to around 2Gbit, ironically a bad SSD may not due to the cache filling too quickly.

 

 

edited the post to make it easier

 

[Blue4130]

11 minutes ago, CatXice said:

 

 

 

 

edited the post to make it easier

 

I think it will largely depend on how often this is an issue. Do you transfer large files multiple times a day? For me and my wife, it would be a waste, we never transfer large files.

 

But yes, you have the right idea. Router -> switch -> two PC's will give you 2.5 between each PC.