Is it strictly 2 connections to both NAS and Client? We have a Qnap NAS with 4x 2.5GbE and 2x 10GbE and we have 8 clients all connected to a 10GbE switch. Right now we use port trunking on the 2x 10GbE connections on the NAS. But if all 8 clients are using their bandwidth it would be great if I could have all connections on the NAS active and the data just flows from whatever port is the fastest for the individual clients based on the amount of traffic going on... Am I basically just asking if you can coonnect e.g. 6x ethernet ports from a NAS to a 10GbE switch and have all connections used to their fullest extent?
SMB multichannel only allows for combining the Ethernet ports of the same speed and type on a device. For example, 10GbE+10GbE. SMB multichannel uses the same number of Ethernet ports across devices, which means if the NAS has 2 x 10GbE, you would need 2 x Ethernet connections on the clients to use it.
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Simply brilliant video, explained it better than anything else I have read or seen.
Thanks!
Unfortunately it seems my Qnas is stuck on qts 4.2.6 and wont get anything close to qts 5.x
Is it strictly 2 connections to both NAS and Client? We have a Qnap NAS with 4x 2.5GbE and 2x 10GbE and we have 8 clients all connected to a 10GbE switch. Right now we use port trunking on the 2x 10GbE connections on the NAS. But if all 8 clients are using their bandwidth it would be great if I could have all connections on the NAS active and the data just flows from whatever port is the fastest for the individual clients based on the amount of traffic going on...
Am I basically just asking if you can coonnect e.g. 6x ethernet ports from a NAS to a 10GbE switch and have all connections used to their fullest extent?
SMB multichannel only allows for combining the Ethernet ports of the same speed and type on a device. For example, 10GbE+10GbE.
SMB multichannel uses the same number of Ethernet ports across devices, which means if the NAS has 2 x 10GbE, you would need 2 x Ethernet connections on the clients to use it.
Looks very handy 👍🏻
How about using 1 ethernet port and a TB3 connection? Will it add the band of both?
SMB multichannel only allows for combining the Ethernet ports of the same speed and type on a device. For example, 10GbE+10GbE.