Spies Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 As a test, I have given unraid access to 2 NICs, they are set up as bonded-rr, it works fine in regards to connectivity, however transfers seem to be limited to 33MB/s. One switch is a 16 port rack-mount tplink which one of the two NICs goes straight into, however, the other NIC goes through a smaller Netgear desktop switch first, but would that make any difference? They are both gigabit switches. Maybe the switch just cannot handle bonding-rr? Link to comment
1812 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 many people have had issues getting bonding-rr to work properly in unRaid. Link to comment
burtjr Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I could not get consistent transfer speed with balance-rr. From what I have read all equipment needs to be compatible. Play around with the others and see which gives you the best throughput. I ended up using balance-alb as it provided the most consistent throughput for me with bonding. I haven't done any testing to see if the bonding is providing any benefit over a single nic. Link to comment
Spies Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 I do have a 3com 2948-SFP which supports link aggregation, would that be worth trying? Link to comment
1812 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 1 hour ago, burtjr said: I could not get consistent transfer speed with balance-rr. From what I have read all equipment needs to be compatible. Play around with the others and see which gives you the best throughput. I ended up using balance-alb as it provided the most consistent throughput for me with bonding. I haven't done any testing to see if the bonding is providing any benefit over a single nic. I left bonding all together and went 10gbe.... plug and play ftw. Link to comment
unevent Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Your switch configuration is the problem. You need one that can handle trunking/bonding which is at least a smart switch. I suggest googling balance-rr hardware requirements. Also, Windows 7 and later does not support it so you will never realize the 2Gbit with Windows unless you go Windows Server or Linux.Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD using Tapatalk Link to comment
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