Network Switch

[dacons]

Hey guys back again with yet more questions

Well thanks to all your advice about routers il be getting a Draytec Vigor 2710VN but i now have another issue as with my recent purchase of a bluray player , 50" plasma ,NAS to go with my xbox and other bluray oh and the PC im all out of ports so I had a little look around and it seems there are splitters (switchs) and an unmonitored one would be best,

Im completly green on this topic so I would appreciate any advice you guys can give, my plans where to have 2 small 4 way switchs on for tv and bluray and the other for xbox and bluray this would save hassle on running lots of CAT6 around the house.

What du guys think all advice is welcome and needed.

Oh and sorry about punctuation and rambling just take some deep breaths when reading lol.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Look at the netgear GS104 dude, Ive used netgear switches since day one without an issue but they also have lifetime waranty.

 

[dacons]

Yeah was looking at that or atleast the GS105

 

[hmmblah]

Been using this ASUS for a few months now:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320047

Only $30 and an excellent switch. It's reliable and my sustained transfer rates are just above 50MB/sec. It supports Jumbo frames as well. Not sure if the GS104 does or not.

Netgear is a solid choice too for switches. I avoid their wireless gear like the plague though.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Been using this ASUS for a few months now:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320047

Only $30 and an excellent switch. It's reliable and my sustained transfer rates are just above 50MB/sec. It supports Jumbo frames as well. Not sure if the GS104 does or not.

Netgear is a solid choice too for switches. I avoid their wireless gear like the plague though.

Server -> GS108 -> Main rig / 120MB/s sustained

 

[hmmblah]

Server -> GS108 -> Main rig / 120MB/s sustained

I honestly find that hard to believe. The theoretical max of Gigabit is 125MB/sec. With overhead, the best I have seen on a gig network is about 80MB/sec and that's with switches that cost $5k+ a piece. Does the GS104 even support Jumbo Frames? I guess if you had fast SSDs on either end and top of the line NICs you might hit 120MB/sec sustained, I just don't see that happening though. My work network uses Netgear Gigabit "Smart Switches" (~$600 each) and I top out at about 70MB/sec on my workstation with a C300 SSD downloading from a server with 8x146GB 15k RPM SAS drives in RAID10.

I could probably pull more than 50MB/sec at home, but I'm hitting a bottleneck from my server at the hard drives, just 2x1TB WD Green in a mirror.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Ill screen shot for you then

Server has 1GB/s reads and the main rig writes at 200MB/s

and max is 130KB/s

 

[ionicle]

i also have a netgear switch, not sure what model it is tho, been rock solid though since day 1

my house goes:

internet - draytec vigor 2800 - belkin wireless N cable router     -macbook pro

-dell laptop

- Netgear switch                     -main computer

-ps3

-spare computer

- Freesat+ HD box (for bbc iplayer [img]http://forum.overclock3d.net/images/smilies/oldemoticons/biggrin.gif[/img])

and its a brilliant, brilliant, brilliant setup, not caused me a single issue

 

[hmmblah]

Ill screen shot for you then

Server has 1GB/s reads and the main rig writes at 200MB/s

and max is 130KB/s

1000mbit / 8 = 125MB/sec

I'm not calling you a liar, but I really can't see those kinds of speeds on a cheap ass soho switch. You're sure that's not just burst? If you're hitting 120MB/sec sustained on a $40 Netgear switch, there's plenty of organizations that need to trade in their expensive Cisco equipment.

 

[riotcity76]

Server -> GS108 -> Main rig / 120MB/s sustained

I'm with blah..I'm skeptical

Even with jumbo frames it would be impressive to reach 100MB/s sustained (80% efficiency)...but 120MB/s sustained is quite hard to believe.

 

[Rastalovich]

I'm with blah..I'm skeptical

Even with jumbo frames it would be impressive to reach 100MB/s sustained (80% efficiency)...but 120MB/s sustained is quite hard to believe.

The theoretical limit is 1024mbit / 8 = 128MB/sec (we have to remember that technical people know 1024 is a gig, whereas sales class 1000 as a gig

)

Fastest I've experienced with windows is pushing 100mb at a burst, generally falling back to 60-70. And we'd be talking about massive files. Pro Intel cards and switches, Netgear funnily enough.

I would seriously question sustaining over 100m, even with some linux based setup and no microsoft based hold backs. However, if you were moving a mass of small files around, you'd get better results from bursting alot.

 

[hmmblah]

The theoretical limit is 1024mbit / 8 = 128MB/sec (we have to remember that technical people know 1024 is a gig, whereas sales class 1000 as a gig

)

Fastest I've experienced with windows is pushing 100mb at a burst, generally falling back to 60-70. And we'd be talking about massive files. Pro Intel cards and switches, Netgear funnily enough.

I would seriously question sustaining over 100m, even with some linux based setup and no microsoft based hold backs. However, if you were moving a mass of small files around, you'd get better results from bursting alot.

Network speeds and file sizes are not the same. Gigabit is 1000 megabits. A Gigabyte when referring to file size is 1024 Megabytes.

 

[Rastalovich]

Network speeds and file sizes are not the same. Gigabit is 1000 megabits. A Gigabyte when referring to file size is 1024 Megabytes.

You're quite correct, they're advertized as 10/100/1000 aren't they.

Looking under the bonnet, it doesn't quite divide by 8 or 16

 

[hmmblah]

Looking under the bonnet, it doesn't quite divide by 8 or 16

I have no idea what that means

.