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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41253.0&return_msg=41253.1"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.11">11–19</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41253.1">NAS + network setup</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41253_1_19_10"> <a name="a41253_1"></a><div class="message" id="message_41253_1"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">28 Oct 2014 13:05</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">1 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.1">41253.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> We're getting a new NAS at work, and might want to reconfigure our network to take advantage of its two gigE ports.<br /><br /> The candidate NAS is <a href="http://www.qnap.com/i/useng/product/model.php?II=143">QNAP TS-451</a>, a SOHO-grade part that benchmarked best among competitors in <a href="http://www.anandtech.com/show/8298/qnap-ts451-bay-trail-nas-performance-review/3">this review</a>.<br /><br /> We have an 8-port gigE switch with ports maxed-out (and a couple of smaller switches daisy-chained to it), so we would need to get another to use the NAS in "dual-lan mode" (hook up ports to separate switches) -- theoretically increasing networking performance.<br /><br /> This is what I'm wondering: would a single, 24-port switch give better networking in general among devices (NAS, several pc's, printers etc), or would two switches connected in dual-lan mode give better NAS speeds, because that's the main priority? Would there be any performance gains in hooking both NAS ports to the same switch?<br /><br /> <span class="emoticon e_dance" title="(dance)"><span class="e__">(dance)</span></span> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41253.1&return_msg=41253.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41253.1"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41253_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_41253_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">28 Oct 2014 13:20</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Oct 2014 13:21"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.2">41253.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.1#a41253_1" target="_self">41253.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Have you tried turning it off and back on again? </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41253.2&return_msg=41253.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41253.2"> <span class="rating">+1/1</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41253_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_41253_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">28 Oct 2014 13:22</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Oct 2014 13:44"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.3">41253.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.1#a41253_2" target="_self">41253.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I tried to reinstall ME, and now it won't boot <span class="emoticon e_crying" title=":-(("><span class="e__">:-((</span></span> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41253.3&return_msg=41253.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41253.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41253_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_41253_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">28 Oct 2014 13:44</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Oct 2014 14:09"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.4">41253.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.1#a41253_3" target="_self">41253.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It probably committed suicide. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41253.4&return_msg=41253.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41253.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41253_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_41253_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">28 Oct 2014 13:47</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Oct 2014 14:09"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.5">41253.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.1#a41253_1" target="_self">41253.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Surely splitting your network that way means computers on either side wanting to communicate need to push their data through the NAS?<br /><br /> Is that not very inefficient? Slow?<br /><br /> I'm no expert but surely a bigger switch that covers all computers is better.<br /><br /> And what Kos said in the other thread, your hard drives are going to be a limiting factor over the Gigabit network.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41253.5&return_msg=41253.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41253.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41253_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_41253_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">28 Oct 2014 14:12</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Oct 2014 14:15"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.6">41253.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.1#a41253_5" target="_self">41253.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Not much communication among pcs, compared to pc - NAS.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41253.6&return_msg=41253.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41253.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41253_7"></a><div class="message" id="message_41253_7"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">28 Oct 2014 14:16</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Oct 2014 14:24"></span></span> <span class="message_count">7 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.7">41253.7</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.1#a41253_4" target="_self">41253.4</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Mrs.D's first pc came with ME on board, soon replaced by JimT4.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41253.7&return_msg=41253.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41253.7"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41253_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_41253_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)<span class="message_time">28 Oct 2014 18:11</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">8 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.8">41253.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I would always, always choose 1 switch over multiple switches. It's much easier to manage and is a single point of failure instead of multiple places where something can happen.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41253.8&return_msg=41253.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41253.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41253_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_41253_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">28 Oct 2014 18:33</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Oct 2014 18:34"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.9">41253.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.1#a41253_8" target="_self">41253.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Thanks. I also learned today you need a managed switch for link aggregation / port trunking.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41253.9&return_msg=41253.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41253.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41253_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_41253_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)<span class="message_time">28 Oct 2014 18:35</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Oct 2014 19:00"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 19</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.10">41253.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41253.1#a41253_9" target="_self">41253.9</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Yup you do.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41253.10&return_msg=41253.1" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41253.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="41253.11" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>