I'm actually planning on building a fast trunking home network between my existing desktop and my existing NAS / file server and would appreciate suggestions on how best to build it cheaply.
I have a few options. One would be to team 2x Gigabit connections. That would require dual port network cards for the server and one for the desktop. I was thinking HP NC360T. I would need a managed switch too. Something like an 8 port Procurve 1810-8G to handle the link aggregation connections. The other option that I have been looking is Infiniband, 10GBe or fibre channel connections. But from what I have seen on ebay, their switches get pretty unaffordable or am I incorrect? Has anybody done something like this? Perhaps networking gurus here can give more insight on the hardware. Jason
