What is the best method for teaming 2 NIC's on in this case a NAS (see screenshot)
Hi all,
I have a NAS with dual NIC and want to team them for the best overall performance when copying over the network. I have never done this before. Does anyone know what would be the best method by the given options / protocols.
Thankx,
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I have a NAS with dual NIC and want to team them for the best overall performance when copying over the network. I have never done this before. Does anyone know what would be the best method by the given options / protocols.
Thankx,
EE-NAS.png
Will both NIC's be connected to the same switch or different switches? What brand and model switches?
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It is a ReadyNAS 316 with 4 7200rpm sata disks. It is x-raid in RAID5. I don't say the nic is the limiting factor, but since I have 2 NIC's, I want to use the max. available. They are both connected to the same Netgear GB switch, so there is 2 x 1Gb available.
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I am sorry, this has taken me way to long. I have used Adaptive Load Balancing, works perfect.
What makes you believe that the Network Interface is the limiting factor? What version of raid are you using and what type of drives?