On Monday 15 November 2010 10:00:04 Jason Chue wrote:
> 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.
Look at the speed of the devices that you are using or going to use
first. There isn't any point in running gigabyte if the fastest
devices can only do 100Mbs.
> 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
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