Two NICs each supporting 10Gbps speeds.
Two NICs each supporting 10Gbps speeds.
These servers operate at a decent speed, making good use of your 12-drive NAS with a 10Gb fiber link. The limited number of SFP ports on your switches meant I didn’t consider dual 10Gb connections to the desktop or NAS, though both options remain open. SATA and spinning drives will only limit things further. If you have the necessary fiber runs and SFP modules, it’s a fairly affordable project once the hardware is set up.
Windows doesn’t require an IP address during copying or pasting. Both devices will link to a switch connected to their internal NICs for management purposes, and the 40Gbe NIC is intended solely for transfers. However, Windows sometimes behaves differently than expected, possibly due to hidden settings I need to adjust. This list is really helpful! Thanks a lot! I’m also going to struggle with keeping my wallet secure. For sure! But I don’t have any of it. Right now both systems are connected to a 2.5 Gbps switch equipped with 2.5 Gbps NICs. I wasn’t aware Microsoft needs a specific server version of Windows to enable link aggregation, which makes dual NICs impractical for my needs. I appreciate the alternatives suggested—I don’t have a standard RAID configuration on my servers, so that’s a solid question. My idea was to buy an NVMe drive for the backup server, used only for transfers (it already exists on the main server/NAS), and then transfer files from the NVMe to spinning drives. It adds extra steps but would speed up file transfers between devices.