You might want to check that the gigabit switch that you got supports jumbo
frames as that can speed PC-to-PC transfers by a lot (WinXP and other OSes
should just default support it); I've been looking at the Netgears on Amazon
and the later versions of each of those are supposed to support jumbo (the
GS108 and GS608) and you can get the GS608 for $25 after rebate! HTH!
BINO
-----Original Message-----
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 1:40 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Network Storage
Thanks for the great reviews.
As for status, the more I thought about doing it myself (and I'm cheap),
the more I became enamored of the idea. So...I now have a cheapie SATA
card and will be looking at software soon. Also, I picked up a gigbit
switch and network card for this beast. Up til now I've been running
10/100 off the linksys, I'm going to connect the linksys to the switch
and all the computers to the switch. They should all run at 1000 speed
while the internet will come in at the slower speed, which is still 5 or
6 times faster than my cable internet.
Steve
John R Steinbruner wrote:
> That's a good point I forgot to mention, I have a gigabit switch for
> the PC's, Mac, and NAS boxen in the computer room.
> Both the NAS boxes have gigbit NIC's, so data transfers really fly..
>
> Really helps throughput for backups, etc.... :)
>
> The Xbox and Mac in the living room are both wireless, but data
> transfer still works OK. :)
>
>
>
> On Apr 4, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Gary wrote:
>
>> I have a Thecus Yes Box (Holds two drives) has FTP Server and Itunes
>> Server.
>> Can add 2 USB drives externally also.
>> I have got up to 40MB (400mbs) transfer speeds via Giga port.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>
