internal network speed!

[bencrutz]

I set up teaming on both system, it showed 2Gb but it would absolutely not get above gigabit during the transfer. I set all types of teaming modes too.


I really didn't mean to sidetrack this thread but umm yeah...

bummer
any idea why? driver or OS perhaps

Yeah I can see that now since I was able to get a sustained 40+ directly connected. I still think it should be faster but 40Mbps is fine by me right now.

well that's more like it
btw, ubiquiti toughcable is pretty reliable, but a bit expensive. i've used it for outdoor installation (30 - 40m towers, up to 50m cable length without signal degradation)

 

[newtekie1]

Are you using a switch? Home switches cant hit that speed sustained.

They certainly can, I have a cheap Rosewill switch that sustains 90-100MB/s easily.

For everyone using gigabite, I hope you're using CAT6 cables if you really want full gigabit speeds, CAT5 will do gigabit and usually is fine with short distances, but for longer stretches your performance could degrade quickly. You may want to test using a ram disk and to make sure that caching is disabled. Windows loves to cache.

Cat5e will handle gigabit up to the official distance limit(325ft), that is what it is rated for and that is what it will handle without degradation of the signal. CAT6 was developed for 10Gb/s networks, it isn't necessary for gigabit at all.

What is your INTERNAL network speed between machines?

To answer your question directly:

That is: 2x 5900RPM 1.5TB RAID0 --10ft Cat5e--> Rosewill 8-port Gb Switch --~100ft CAT5e--> Linksys 5-port Gb Switch --6ft Cat5e--> 3x 7200RPM 1.5TB RAID5

And I still think this being limited by the hard drives not the network.

 

[Steevo]

Backplane bandwidth.