How is 10Gb/s achieved?
How is 10Gb/s achieved?
Someone can clarify how 10Gb/s operates. It means you can send data at up to ten gigabits per second. If your PC and NAS both support 10Gb/s, you can connect them directly via a switch that provides two 10Gb/s ports. The router with 1Gb/s can act as a bridge, but it won’t directly support 10Gb/s between the PC and NAS. So yes, by setting up the right ports and hardware, you can achieve the desired speed.
They don't function that way. If switches operated like this, they'd be completely useless. Switches keep track of MAC addresses and send data to the right port based on those addresses, without needing external routers. You can connect two devices directly to a switch and assign them static IPs, and they'll still communicate properly.
I got it, the traffic passes through the router. I wasn't aware it went directly from the switch to another connected device. Appreciate the clarification!
To explore further, you might check the Wikipedia page on ARP. ARP is a method that helps switches and routers identify which port a particular device uses or was last connected to. It enables various useful features, such as allowing multiple servers to run the same services. If one server fails, another can send an ARP request identifying itself and redirect traffic to it. This creates a resilient system where access is maintained even if one component goes offline.
Interesting point, but it does align. My thought was that you'd need a connection to the internet for the router to function properly, even though I assumed traffic wouldn't pass through it directly. Regarding your question—yes, you could skip the switch and link the PC's Ethernet cable straight to the NAS for faster transfers.
You'd simply configure fixed IP addresses on both devices for the corresponding network interfaces.
With 10GbE connections on both devices and the switch using upgraded cables, speeds close to 10 Gb/s are possible. Factors that could slow the transfer include CPU power and workload on the PC and NAS, the switch’s capacity to handle traffic, network overhead, software efficiency, and disk read/write performance.
I think your NAS might be limiting the data transfer speed here. But you also have a quick RAID setup inside. Your PC's storage devices need to match those speeds too.