This may seem like a stupid question, but I'm new to UnRaid. I'm planning a new build and I have a HP Procurve 2810G-24, which supports link aggregation.

 

The server I have in mind will have a large SSD cache drive (or SSD array) which may saturate a single gigabit connection. When I have multiple servers and clients connecting to this UnRaid box this will almost certainly be so.

 

My current option for a motherboard (which I happen to already own - reducing cost) only has a single on board Gigabit NIC. My question is, if I buy a PCIe gigabit card (even perhaps dual or quad ports) can I aggregate all of these ports (PCI+On Board) within UnRaid?

 

Thanks

Tom

Unraid does support link aggregation, i have an onboard nic and a tp link network card connected to my router in active backup mode works a treat ...just make sure you don't buy dlink brand they dont seem to work well with it

On 12/17/2015 at 6:32 PM, Ryan2207 said:

Unraid does support link aggregation, i have an onboard nic and a tp link network card connected to my router in active backup mode works a treat ...just make sure you don't buy dlink brand they dont seem to work well with it

Active-backup mode is not LACP

I use LACP on my HP1920-24 switch.  My motherboard is a Gigabyte Z170N-wifi which has a i218V and an i211 on it.  LACP works no problems at all.  I've seen close to 300MB/s transfers to the unRAID cache (which is an ADATA SX8000 NVMe M.2 drive).