10Gbps Networking options

[Uber Hamburgler]

I was recently watching a few of the older videos involving NAS setup, and Linus repeatedly said that they would be putting them on a 10Gbps network connection.  I'd love to setup similar configuration for my home office, but I can't find any 10Gbps switches that are actually available to purchase.  Everything I've found requires purchasing through a distributor, who almost exclusively want a contract to buy 10s of thousands of dollars worth of equipment, I only want 1 switch.

 

It's funny, it's not that difficult to get your hands on a 10Gbps NIC, but trying to get something to connect it to is like pulling teeth.

 

Could someone point me in the direction of a viable option.

[Johannes_Lazor]

You dont need 10Gbps for home use, Only professional use.

[unijab]

You dont need 10Gbps for home use, Only professional use.

1. Not true.

2. Who said he isn't a professional.

[Johannes_Lazor]

1. Not true.

2. Who said he isn't a professional.

Thats not how i meant it, I meant that the 10gbps switches are made for professional use, Thats why they are so expensive.

[rtpb5642]

Cheapest 10gb switch i can find is like 1000 from netgear and only has 8 ports

 

You also would need 200$ ish 10gb ethernet nics

[FMQ203]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122542

 

or 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122529

 

but very expensive for the amount of ports

[insayan]

If youre wanting to go to 10gbps Id recommend just making the move to fiber.... You can pick up some older switches with sfp ports that are capable of handling 10gbps

But fiber optic cables are still quite expensive, depending on how much OP needs it might be cheaper to go with cat7

[Atlantisman]

But fiber optic cables are still quite expensive, depending on how much OP needs it might be cheaper to go with cat7

The cables themselves are not that expensive. The expensive part is the connectors and/or tools to terminate and patch fiber.

[drunkwithjesus]

If you don't mind running multiple cat6 cables, you could trying using link aggregation.

You would need a switch that supports LACP, and NICs with multiple ethernet ports.

[NetworkNooBie]

Here are a few viable options...

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Quanta-LB4M-48-Port-Gigabit-Ethernet-Switch-Dual-10-GB-w-DUAL-Power-Supply-/111592077051

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Quanta-LB4M-48-Port-Open-Source-10GB-Uplink-Switch-/261775113300

[Techie_God]

10 gbps is insane bruh

[dzonidev]

I was recently watching a few of the older videos involving NAS setup, and Linus repeatedly said that they would be putting them on a 10Gbps network connection.  I'd love to setup similar configuration for my home office, but I can't find any 10Gbps switches that are actually available to purchase.  Everything I've found requires purchasing through a distributor, who almost exclusively want a contract to buy 10s of thousands of dollars worth of equipment, I only want 1 switch.

 

It's funny, it's not that difficult to get your hands on a 10Gbps NIC, but trying to get something to connect it to is like pulling teeth.

 

Could someone point me in the direction of a viable option.

 

Well, you would need at least $1300USD for a Copper based Switch + 2xNIC. Optionally you can search on eBay for an older Cisco switch with SFP ports that can reach 10G but then you need SFP modules that can match. Not to mention optical cables, etc...

 

And then that's just the network. You need hardware that can actually take advantage of that network.

 

My suggestion would be to get a Mikrotik Switch (CRS226-24G-2S+RM) that has 24xGigabit and 2x10G SFP+ ports. Get an SFP+ NIC for the NAS and connect the NAS to 10G.

Others PCs in the network would connect to a Gigabit line meaning in IDEAL conditions you could have around 8 clients transferring to the NAS at 100MB/s. Again for all this you need SFP+ Modules that are not that cheap.

 

UPDATE: I did some digging on the CSR switch and it seems it can't do more than 3.2Gbps per port. So I guess an enterprise grade switch would be needed.